Richmond House 79 Whitehall London SW1A 2NS

02/06137/1884Crown Proposal (Circular 1884 Procedure)Permitted

Proposal

Creation of new door opening between room 409/410 and 411/412 at fourth floor level.

Received: 31 July 2002
Decided: 6 November 2002 · No objections
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

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

ReceivedSubmitted31 Jul
ValidatedValidated31 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date24 Sep
DecidedDecided6 Nov

Decided in 98 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Westminster88% of applications approved

This is a planning application at Richmond House 79 Whitehall London SW1A 2NS. Westminster has handled 84 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 98 days, 6 weeks longer than Westminster's median. The site is in the Whitehall conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 558 applications across St James's. We hold 1,240 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

02/06137/1884

Address

Richmond House 79 Whitehall London SW1A 2NS

Postcode

SW1A 2NS

Local Authority

Westminster

Application Type

Crown Proposal (Circular 1884 Procedure)

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Permitted

Current Status

Decided

Ward

St James's

Applicant & Agent

Agent Address

First Floor Playhouse Court 64 Southwark Bridge Road London SE1 0AS

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

31 July 2002

Target Decision Date

24 September 2002

Date Decided

6 November 2002

Date Validated

31 July 2002

Date Submitted

31 July 2002

Committee Meeting

6 November 2002

Planning Decision

Decision

No objections

Decided By

Delegated Decision

Statutory Period

55 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Comments

Documents

Coordinates

51.502487, -0.125318

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Westminster

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

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

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Whitehall
Listed building: Grade II*: Richmond House, incorporating Nos. 1-8 Richmond TerraceOn or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed

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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