Overseas House Park Place London SW1A 1LR

02/05064/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 17 July 2003

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Alterations during the course of construction of development permitted 11 October 2001, for the erection of a sixth floor roof extension with recessed plant room to Westminster Wing to provide eight additional bedrooms for the existing private residential members club; namely, to modify the design of the roof extension to accommodate a modified recessed plant room and the addition of an acoustic screen to the existing tank room roof.

Received: 4 July 2002
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived4 Jul
ValidatedValidated4 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date28 Aug
DecidedDecided17 Jul

Decided in 378 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at Overseas House Park Place London SW1A 1LR. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 378 days, 47 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 14 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 475 applications across St James's. We hold 1,268 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.

86% of full applications at City of Westminster were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: SW1A 1LR
Application type: Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 July 2002
Consultation expiry: 25 April 2003
Target decision date: 28 August 2002
Committee meeting: 17 July 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 232 Vauxhall Bridge Road London SW1V 1AU

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 4 April 2003
Advertisement expiry: 25 April 2003
Site notice start: 15 July 2002
Site notice end: 5 August 2002

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Conservation area: St James's
Listed building: Fist Floor Flat 16 Arlington Street London SW1A 1RDOn or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside02/05065/LBC

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13 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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