Distillers House 20 - 21 St James's Square London SW1Y 4LB

02/06432/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 20 December 2002

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of a louvred grille to exterior wall within internal courtyard and removal of a wall within the 1930's extension

Received: 13 August 2002
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived13 Aug
ValidatedValidated13 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date7 Oct
DecidedDecided20 Dec

Decided in 129 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an extension at Distillers House 20 - 21 St James's Square London SW1Y 4LB. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 129 days, 11 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 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 969 applications in total for the SW1Y 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: SW1Y 4LB
Application type: Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 August 2002
Target decision date: 7 October 2002
Committee meeting: 20 December 2002

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 9 Hayne Street London EC1A 9HH

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 2

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

Conservation area: St James's
Listed building: Grade II*: 13, St James'S Square Sw1On or next to this site · +2 more
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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Associated applications

2002
13 Aug
Installation of louvred grille to exterior wall of the internal courtyard
ApprovedFull Planning Permission ApplicationFiled alongside02/06430/FULL
2002
13 Aug
Installation of a louvred grille to exterior wall within internal courtyard and removal of a wall within the…
This applicationApprovedListed building consent02/06432/LBC

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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