Palace Of Westminster St Margaret Street London SW1P 3JX

07/03350/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 6 July 2007

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Internal alterations to Press Gallery offices.

Received: 16 April 2007
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived16 Apr
ValidatedValidated16 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date10 Jun
DecidedDecided6 Jul

Decided in 81 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Palace Of Westminster St Margaret Street London SW1P 3JX. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 5 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 37 other applications 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.

93% of heritage 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 3JX
Application type: Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 April 2007
Consultation expiry: 25 May 2007
Target decision date: 10 June 2007
Committee meeting: 6 July 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Parliamentary Estates Directorate 1 Canon Row Palace Of Westminster London SW1A 2JN

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 4 May 2007
Advertisement expiry: 25 May 2007
Site notice start: 24 April 2007
Site notice end: 15 May 2007

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 21

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
Listed building: Grade II: St Margaret'S Churchyard Railings, Obelisks and BollardsOn or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
World Heritage Site: Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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.

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ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside07/03346/LBC
2007
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Internal alterations to Press Gallery offices.
This applicationApprovedListed building consent07/03350/LBC

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20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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