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Nobel House 17 Smith Square London SW1P 3HX

05/01291/1884Crown Proposal (Circular 1884 Procedure)Approved

Approved on 13 June 2005

Council decision: No objectionsDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Alterations during the course of construction to application approved on 27 May 2004 under Circular 18/84 namely: alterations to height and location of air handling unit 1 and screening (sixth floor level), height of atrium supply and extract duct (roof level), installation of 4 dry air coolers and screening to boiler house roof, redesign of additional roof structure and new bridge link across atrium at eighth floor level.

Received
18 February 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated19 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Jun
  5. Decided13 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Nobel House 17 Smith Square London SW1P 3HX. Westminster has handled 84 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 9 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Smith Square conservation area, with 8 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 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P postcode area.

88% of all 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 3HX
Application type
Crown Proposal (Circular 1884 Procedure)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 April 2005
Consultation expiry
27 May 2005
Target decision date
13 June 2005
Committee meeting
13 June 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Hiscox House Middleborough Colchester Essex CO1 1PP

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 May 2005
Advertisement expiry
27 May 2005
Site notice start
29 April 2005
Site notice end
20 May 2005

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
11

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: Smith Square
  • Listed building: Grade II: Norwest HouseOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: Development Site At Ergon House Horseferry Road And 9 Millbank LondonRegister site at or near this address
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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