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4 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6JP

05/01899/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 September 2005

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Addition of plant and brick screen to flat roof at fourth floor level, replacement plant at fifth floor level behind existing screens, new air handling unit and screen to top of existing plant room and new security grilles within the basement lightwells.

Received
14 March 2005
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
St James's
  1. Received14 Mar
  2. Validated4 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 May
  5. Decided15 Sep

Decided in 164 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 4 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6JP. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 185 days, 19 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Birdcage Walk conservation area, with 9 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 6JP
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
4 April 2005
Consultation expiry
13 May 2005
Target decision date
29 May 2005
Committee meeting
15 September 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Woodcote Grove Ashley Road Epsom Surrey KT18 5BW

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
22 April 2005
Advertisement expiry
13 May 2005
Site notice start
14 April 2005
Site notice end
5 May 2005

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
16

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: Birdcage Walk
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: 4 - 5 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6JPRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
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

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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.

Associated applications

  1. 2005
    14 Mar

    Addition of plant and brick screen to flat roof at fourth floor level, replacement plant at fifth floor level…

    This applicationApprovedFull05/01899/FULL
  2. 2005
    14 Mar

    Addition of plant and brick screen to flat roof at fourth floor level, replacement plant at fifth floor level…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside05/01908/LBC

Source: Westminster

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