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16 Great College Street London SW1P 3RX

07/04394/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 26 November 2007

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of air conditioning unit and louvred screen at roof level; rebuilding of rear extension at lower ground and upper ground floor level.

Received
18 May 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received18 May
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided26 Nov

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 16 Great College Street London SW1P 3RX. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 192 days, 20 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Smith Square conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 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.

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 3RX
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2007
Consultation expiry
9 November 2007
Target decision date
27 November 2007
Committee meeting
26 November 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
2 Pontypool Place London SE1 8QF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
19 October 2007
Advertisement expiry
9 November 2007
Site notice start
18 October 2007
Site notice end
8 November 2007

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-00222888
Comments
0
Documents
11

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: Smith Square
  • Listed building: Grade II*: 17 and 18, Great College StreetOn or next to this site · +4 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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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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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2007
    18 May

    Installation of air conditioning unit and louvred screen at roof level; rebuilding of rear extension at lower…

    This applicationApprovedFull07/04394/FULL
  2. 2007
    18 May

    Installation of air conditioning unit and louvred screen at roof level; rebuilding of rear extension at lower…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside07/04395/LBC

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    29 Jul

    Internal refurbishment and redecoration works.

    RefusedApplication26/05179/CLLB
  2. 2026
    12 Feb

    Interior alterations from basement to third floor including floor coverings, internal doorway at ground…

    ApprovedListed building consent26/00882/LBC
  3. 2026
    12 Feb

    Repainting external timber window frames and recovering of front steps with portland stone. (Linked to…

    WithdrawnFull Planning Permission Application26/00881/FULL
  4. 2024
    23 Dec

    1 x sycamore: reduce lower lateral branches overhanging adjacent properties back to the previous, most recent…

    PendingApplic. for wks to trees subject to TPO24/09003/TPO
  5. 2024
    23 Dec

    2 x limes: crown reduce to previous, most recent reduction points, retaining selected shortened furnishing…

    ApprovedApplic. for works to trees in CA25/00083/TCA

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