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21 Dean's Yard London SW1P 3PA

02/07477/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 23 January 2003

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Refurbishment, including alterations and minor extensions, and use of the basement as an extension to the Westminster Abbey shop (Class A1 retail); enlargement of basement lightwell on Dean's Yard to provide emergency escape.

Received
27 September 2002
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
St James's
  1. Received27 Sep
  2. Validated27 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 118 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 21 Dean's Yard London SW1P 3PA. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 118 days, 10 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P 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
SW1P 3PA
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 September 2002
Consultation expiry
29 November 2002
Target decision date
21 November 2002
Committee meeting
23 January 2003

Applicant and agent

Agent address
St Marys Hall Rawstorn Road Colchester Essex CO3 3JH

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 November 2002
Advertisement expiry
29 November 2002
Site notice start
30 October 2002
Site notice end
20 November 2002

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2002
    27 Sep

    Refurbishment, including alterations and minor extensions, and use of the basement as an extension to the…

    This applicationApprovedFull02/07477/FULL
  2. 2002
    27 Sep

    Internal alterations, Extension to The Sanctuary facade at ground floor level and enlargement of Dean's Yard…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside02/07503/LBC

Source: Westminster

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