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Site At 1 And 3 - 7 Old Queen Street London SW1H 9HP

02/05323/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 3 October 2002

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of 1 Old Queen Street and 6 Storey's Gate, erection of new building comprising basement, ground and five upper floors to be internally linked to 3-7 Old Queen Street for use as offices, with roof extension to 3-7 Old Queen Street

Received
12 July 2002
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
St James's
  1. Received12 Jul
  2. Validated12 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided3 Oct

Decided in 83 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Site At 1 And 3 - 7 Old Queen Street London SW1H 9HP. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 5 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Birdcage Walk conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 414 applications in total for the SW1H 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
SW1H 9HP
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 July 2002
Consultation expiry
16 August 2002
Target decision date
5 September 2002
Committee meeting
3 October 2002

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Royle Studios 41 Wenlock Road London N1 7SG

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
26 July 2002
Advertisement expiry
16 August 2002
Site notice start
25 July 2002
Site notice end
15 August 2002

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Birdcage Walk
  • Listed building: Grade II: 9 and 11, Old Queen Street Sw1On or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: Queen Anne's Gate Buildings 29-35 Old Queen Street London SW1H 9JARegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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Associated applications

  1. 2002
    12 Jul

    Demolition of 1 Old Queen Street and 6 Storey's Gate, erection of new building comprising basement, ground…

    This applicationApprovedFull02/05323/FULL
  2. 2002
    12 Jul

    Demolition of 1 Old Queen Street and 6 Storey's Gate and erection of new building comprising basement, ground…

    ApprovedConservation Area Consent Appl (CAC)Filed alongside02/05324/CAC

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