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Bush House Aldwych London WC2B 4RD

05/01842/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 June 2005

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of steel frame on beams within enclosed parapet wall on ninth floor roof to allow relocation of 12 existing satellite dishes from eighth floor roof to ninth floor and installation of 2 new steerable satellite dishes at ninth floor level (Central Block).

Received
11 March 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated13 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Jun
  5. Decided7 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Bush House Aldwych London WC2B 4RD. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 6 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Pimlico conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 199 applications in total for the WC2B 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
WC2B 4RD
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

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

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4th Floor Brock House 19 Langham Street London W1A 1AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 May 2005
Advertisement expiry
27 May 2005
Site notice start
28 April 2005
Site notice end
19 May 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)
  • Conservation area: Pimlico
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: 11 Belgrave Road London SW1V 1TSRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2005
    11 Mar

    Installation of steel frame on beams within enclosed parapet wall on ninth floor roof to allow relocation of…

    This applicationApprovedFull05/01842/FULL
  2. 2005
    11 Mar

    Installation of steel frame on beams within enclosed parapet wall on ninth floor roof to allow relocation of…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside05/01843/LBC

Source: Westminster

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