Empire House 175 Piccadilly London W1J 9EN
Approved on 13 November 2002
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Internal alterations to pavement vault to create secondary substation.
- Received
- 25 July 2002
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- ReceivedReceived25 Jul
- ValidatedValidated25 Jul
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date18 Sep
- DecidedDecided13 Nov
Decided in 111 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Empire House 175 Piccadilly London W1J 9EN. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 111 days, 9 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 475 applications across St James's. We hold 940 applications in total for the W1J postcode area.
93% of heritage 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
- W1J 9EN
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 July 2002
- Consultation expiry
- 18 October 2002
- Target decision date
- 18 September 2002
- Committee meeting
- 13 November 2002
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Courtyard 4 Evelyn Road London W4 5JL
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 September 2002
- Advertisement expiry
- 18 October 2002
- Site notice start
- 17 September 2002
- Site notice end
- 8 October 2002
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: St James's
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Westminster
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