Dorset House Gloucester Place London NW1 5AH

07/10181/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 19 June 2008

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Installation of pipes to upgrade heating system to block - new pipework located at basement, lower ground and ground floors. Installation of eight electric heaters at first and fifth floor levels within the communal stairwells. (Partially retrospective).

Received: 22 November 2007
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: Bryanston And Dorset Square

ReceivedReceived22 Nov
ValidatedValidated22 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date17 Jan
DecidedDecided19 Jun

Decided in 210 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Dorset House Gloucester Place London NW1 5AH. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 210 days, 23 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Dorset Square conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 16 other applications at this address. We hold 3,176 applications in total for the NW1 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).

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Application details

Postcode: NW1 5AH
Application type: Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 November 2007
Consultation expiry: 28 December 2007
Target decision date: 17 January 2008
Committee meeting: 19 June 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Morley House 26 Holborn Viaduct London EC1A 2AT

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 7 December 2007
Advertisement expiry: 28 December 2007
Site notice start: 3 December 2007
Site notice end: 24 December 2007

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 20

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: Dorset Square
Listed building: Grade II: Dorset HouseOn or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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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Planning history at this site

16 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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