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Westminster City School 53 - 57 Palace Street London SW1E 5HJ

05/00373/COFULFull Application for Council's Own Dev.Approved
Full

Approved on 23 March 2005

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of new security railings (2.4m) to replace existing (includes 3 pedestrian and 2 vehicular access gates), rebuilding and raising height of brick piers (2.7m) on Palace Street elevation. Replacement of wall (part) on side elevation with railings (2.4m).

Received
17 January 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received17 Jan
  2. Validated11 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Apr
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Westminster City School 53 - 57 Palace Street London SW1E 5HJ. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 2 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in 2 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 526 applications in total for the SW1E 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
SW1E 5HJ
Application type
Full Application for Council's Own Dev.
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 February 2005
Consultation expiry
11 March 2005
Target decision date
7 April 2005
Committee meeting
23 March 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address
6 St George's Mews 43 Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7JB

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 February 2005
Advertisement expiry
11 March 2005
Site notice start
9 February 2005
Site notice end
2 March 2005

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
7

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)
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: Development Site At North, South, Alexandra And Mews Buildings At Castle Lane And Palace…Register site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

© 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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