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2 Little Smith Street London SW1P 3DH

07/01938/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 14 June 2007

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Demolition of the existing building and redevelopment of the site to provide new ground plus five storey building comprising 9 self contained residential flats with basement car parking.

Received
28 February 2007
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
St James's
  1. Received28 Feb
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 May
  5. Decided14 Jun

Decided in 77 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 2 Little Smith Street London SW1P 3DH. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 8 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 475 applications across St James's. We hold 1,248 applications in total for the SW1P 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
SW1P 3DH
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2007
Consultation expiry
27 April 2007
Target decision date
23 May 2007
Committee meeting
14 June 2007
Decision issued
26 July 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Old Church Court Claylands Road The Oval London SW8 1NZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 April 2007
Advertisement expiry
27 April 2007
Site notice start
2 April 2007
Site notice end
23 April 2007

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
18

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: Westminster Abbey And Parliament Square
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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. 2007
    28 Feb

    Demolition of the existing building and redevelopment of the site to provide new ground plus five storey…

    This applicationApprovedFull07/01938/FULL
  2. 2007
    28 Feb

    Demolition of existing building.

    ApprovedConservation Area Consent Appl (CAC)Filed alongside07/01939/CAC

Source: Westminster

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