2 Harcourt Street London W1H 4EX
Approved on 15 March 2005
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Conversion of basement and ground floors to create two residential units. Alterations to windows at basement and ground floor level, and the creation of new external lightwell to the rear.
- Received
- 8 December 2004
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- Bryanston And Dorset Square
- ReceivedReceived8 Dec
- ValidatedValidated19 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date15 Mar
- DecidedDecided15 Mar
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for window replacement at 2 Harcourt Street London W1H 4EX. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 7 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Portman Estate conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 896 applications in total for the W1H 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
- W1H 4EX
- Application type
- Application for full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 19 January 2005
- Consultation expiry
- 25 February 2005
- Target decision date
- 15 March 2005
- Committee meeting
- 15 March 2005
Applicant and agent
- Agent address
- The Old Mill Bishopstone Road Swindon Wiltshire SN6 8QE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 4 February 2005
- Advertisement expiry
- 25 February 2005
- Site notice start
- 24 January 2005
- Site notice end
- 14 February 2005
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Portman Estate
- Listed building: Grade II: 104 and 106 York Street including No 1 Harcourt Street.On or next to this site · +2 more
- 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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© 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.
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Associated applications
- 20049 Dec
Alterations including new windows at basement and ground floor level, and the creation of new external…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside04/09759/LBC - 20048 Dec
Conversion of basement and ground floors to create two residential units. Alterations to windows at basement…
This applicationApprovedFull04/09725/FULL
Source: Westminster
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