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7 Storey's Gate London SW1P 3AT

07/05452/CACConservation Area Consent Appl (CAC)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 9 August 2007

Council decision: Not requiredDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use from offices (Class B1) to residential (Class C3) to create two houses, together with second, third and fourth floor extension and alterations to fenestration on the Lewisham Street elevation.

Received
22 June 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received22 Jun
  2. Validated12 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Sep
  5. Decided9 Aug

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 7 Storey's Gate London SW1P 3AT. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. The site is in the Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square conservation area, with 9 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 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
SW1P 3AT
Application type
Conservation Area Consent Appl (CAC)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 July 2007
Target decision date
5 September 2007
Committee meeting
9 August 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
70 Charlotte Street London W1T 4QG

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2

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: Abbey BuildingsOn or next to this site · +1 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.

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
    22 Jun

    Use from offices (Class B1) to residential (Class C3) to create two houses, together with second, third and…

    WithdrawnApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside07/05451/FULL
  2. 2007
    22 Jun

    Change of use from offices (Class B1) to residential (Class C3) to create two houses, together with second…

    This applicationApprovedHeritage07/05452/CAC

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