78 Chiltern Street London W1U 5AE

04/08906/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionRefused

Full

Refused on 23 March 2005

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

External alterations including the installation of a new access ramp leading from the ground floor courtyard and use of the rear ground floor as a venue for private functions for up to 150 people.

Received: 11 November 2004
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: Marylebone High Street

ReceivedReceived11 Nov
ValidatedValidated13 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date9 Mar
DecidedDecided23 Mar

Decided in 69 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 78 Chiltern Street London W1U 5AE. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 132 days, 12 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Portman Estate conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. We hold 1,070 applications in total for the W1U 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: W1U 5AE
Application type: Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 January 2005
Consultation expiry: 11 February 2005
Target decision date: 9 March 2005
Committee meeting: 23 March 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 30 Balmoral Road London NW2 5BG

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 21 January 2005
Advertisement expiry: 11 February 2005
Site notice start: 14 January 2005
Site notice end: 4 February 2005

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 6

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: Portman Estate
Listed building: Grade II: 78, Chiltern StreetOn or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
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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ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside04/08907/LBC

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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