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24 Tufton Street London SW1P 3QZ

04/09739/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 2 February 2005

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Use of the South Room office as retail (Class A1) in conjunction with existing shop.

Received
9 December 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated9 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Feb
  5. Decided2 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 24 Tufton Street London SW1P 3QZ. 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 Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 475 applications across St James's. We hold 1,248 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 3QZ
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 December 2004
Consultation expiry
21 January 2005
Target decision date
2 February 2005
Committee meeting
2 February 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address
40 Great Smith Street London SW1P 3BU

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 December 2004
Advertisement expiry
21 January 2005
Site notice start
23 December 2004
Site notice end
13 January 2005

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Westminster Abbey And Parliament Square
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
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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