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Murray House 3 - 5 Vandon Street London SW1H 0AL

07/06154/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 4 October 2007

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Redevelopment of Murray House to provide a building comprising basement, ground and six upper storeys for use as business/gymnasium (Class B1/D2) at basement and ground floor level (in part) with 41 residential (Class C3) units above.

Received
12 July 2007
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
St James's
  1. Received12 Jul
  2. Validated12 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Oct
  5. Decided4 Oct

Decided in 84 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Murray House 3 - 5 Vandon Street London SW1H 0AL. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 414 applications in total for the SW1H 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
SW1H 0AL
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 July 2007
Consultation expiry
17 August 2007
Target decision date
11 October 2007
Committee meeting
4 October 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
7 Soho Square London W1D 6QB

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 July 2007
Advertisement expiry
17 August 2007
Site notice start
20 July 2007
Site notice end
10 August 2007

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
18

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)
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: Vandon House 1 Vandon Street London SW1H 0AHRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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