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23 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6LB

05/02372/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 19 July 2005

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of telecommunications equipment at roof level comprising of three panel antennae, three transmission dishes and one equipment cabinet.

Received
29 March 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received29 Mar
  2. Validated31 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Jul
  5. Decided19 Jul

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 23 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6LB. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 9 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Birdcage Walk conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 6LB
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 May 2005
Consultation expiry
8 July 2005
Target decision date
25 July 2005
Committee meeting
19 July 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address
96-98 King Street Hammersmith London W6 0QW

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 June 2005
Advertisement expiry
8 July 2005
Site notice start
9 June 2005

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: 17, Buckingham Gate Sw1On or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: Site At 18-19 Buckingham Gate 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.

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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