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35 Great Smith Street London SW1P 3BJ

07/03469/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 23 October 2007

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Retention of air conditioning units within lightwell.

Received
19 April 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received19 Apr
  2. Validated31 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Jul
  5. Decided23 Oct

Decided in 145 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 35 Great Smith Street London SW1P 3BJ. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 187 days, 20 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 are no previous applications recorded 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 3BJ
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 May 2007
Consultation expiry
6 July 2007
Target decision date
25 July 2007
Committee meeting
23 October 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Leatherhead Enterprice Centre Randalls Road Leatherhead Surrey KT22 7RY

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 June 2007
Advertisement expiry
6 July 2007
Site notice start
13 June 2007
Site notice end
4 July 2007

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: 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.

Source: Westminster

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