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French Railways House 177 - 179 Piccadilly London W1J 9BA

07/04261/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 May 2008

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing buildings at 177-179 Piccadilly and 48-50 Jermyn Street and redevelopment to provide a building of sub-basement, basement, ground and seven upper floors comprising retail (Class A1), office (Class B1), eight residential units (2 x 1 bed, 4 x 2 bed and 2 x 3 bed) and car parking for 10 cars and associated works.

Received
15 May 2007
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
St James's
  1. Received15 May
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Aug
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 374 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at French Railways House 177 - 179 Piccadilly London W1J 9BA. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 374 days, 46 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 14 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 940 applications in total for the W1J 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
W1J 9BA
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2007
Consultation expiry
22 June 2007
Target decision date
14 August 2007
Committee meeting
30 October 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
100 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 June 2007
Advertisement expiry
22 June 2007
Site notice start
25 May 2007
Site notice end
15 June 2007

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: St James's
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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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. 2007
    15 May

    Demolition of existing buildings at 177-179

    This applicationApprovedFull07/04261/FULL
  2. 2007
    15 May

    Demolition of existing buildings at 177-179

    ApprovedConservation Area Consent Appl (CAC)Filed alongside07/04263/CAC

Source: Westminster

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