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87A St John's Wood Terrace London NW8 6PP

08/01583/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 August 2008

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Alterations and extensions, including demolition and reconstruction of rear extensions, excavation of basement floor, alterations to front boundary wall, installation of mechanical plant, erection of cupola at roof level and internal works to all floor levels in connection with the use of the building as a dwellinghouse.

Received
15 February 2008
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Abbey Road
  1. Received15 Feb
  2. Validated29 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Apr
  5. Decided7 Aug

Decided in 160 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 87A St John's Wood Terrace London NW8 6PP. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 174 days, 18 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St John's Wood conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Abbey Road. We hold 2,757 applications in total for the NW8 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
NW8 6PP
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 February 2008
Consultation expiry
11 April 2008
Target decision date
25 April 2008
Committee meeting
7 August 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
The Old School House 178 Ebury Street London SW1W 8UP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 March 2008
Advertisement expiry
11 April 2008
Site notice start
10 March 2008
Site notice end
31 March 2008

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
23

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 John's Wood
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • 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.

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Source: Westminster

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