16 - 18 Palmer Street London SW1H 0AD
Approved on 2 September 2003
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Use of premises as a Class A1 coffee shop and retention of new shopfront.
- Received
- 23 October 2002
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- ReceivedReceived23 Oct
- ValidatedValidated6 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date30 Jan
- DecidedDecided2 Sep
Decided in 270 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 16 - 18 Palmer Street London SW1H 0AD. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 314 days, 38 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 414 applications in total for the SW1H 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
- SW1H 0AD
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 December 2002
- Consultation expiry
- 28 January 2003
- Target decision date
- 30 January 2003
- Committee meeting
- 2 September 2003
- Decision issued
- 12 September 2003
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- Harbourside House 4-5 The Grove Bristol BS1 4QZ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 20 December 2002
- Advertisement expiry
- 10 January 2003
- Site notice start
- 7 January 2003
- Site notice end
- 28 January 2003
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Birdcage WalkPart of the site · +1 more
- Listed building: Grade I: London Underground Headquarters Including St James'S Park Underground StationOn this site
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
- Brownfield land register: Broadway Complex 55 Broadway London SW1H 0AZRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (20)
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 and heritage coasts.
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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