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French Railways House 178 - 180 Piccadilly London W1J 9ER

02/07771/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 2 December 2002

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of new shopfront.

Received
8 October 2002
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received8 Oct
  2. Validated8 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Dec
  5. Decided2 Dec

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at French Railways House 178 - 180 Piccadilly London W1J 9ER. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days 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 478 applications across St James's. We hold 940 applications in total for the W1J 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
W1J 9ER
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 October 2002
Consultation expiry
29 November 2002
Target decision date
2 December 2002
Committee meeting
2 December 2002

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Studio Canons House Canons Lane Burgh Heath Surrey KT20 6DP

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

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

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

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
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Westminster

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