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31 Circus Road London NW8 9JG

08/03508/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 2 July 2008

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Demolition of existing garage in rear garden and excavation of basement room for use as ancillary residential accommodation with associated lightwell and erection of new garage to match existing above. Replacement of tree within rear garden.

Received
18 April 2008
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Regent's Park
  1. Received18 Apr
  2. Validated8 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Jul
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 31 Circus Road London NW8 9JG. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 4 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St John's Wood conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 120 applications across Regent's Park. We hold 2,758 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 9JG
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 May 2008
Consultation expiry
13 June 2008
Target decision date
3 July 2008

Applicant and agent

Agent address
4 Amwell Street London EC1R 1UQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 May 2008
Advertisement expiry
13 June 2008
Site notice start
16 May 2008
Site notice end
6 June 2008

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: St John's Wood
  • Listed building: Grade II: 35, Circus Road Nw8On or next to this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    31 Jul

    Internal and external alterations to the listed dwellinghouse, including window upgrades, alterations to…

    ApprovedListed building consent26/04944/LBC
  2. 2026
    31 Jul

    Erection of a conservatory extension to side of dwellinghouse, alterations to fenestration and rear terrace…

    ApprovedApplication26/04943/FULL
  3. 2025
    18 Dec

    Amendments to the elevations; new external staircase leading to the existing terrace; alterations to existing…

    ApprovedListed building consent25/09175/LBC
  4. 2025
    18 Dec

    Alterations to windows and doors; erection of rear / side external staircase leading to the existing terrace…

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission Application25/09174/FULL
  5. 2025
    6 Oct

    T4 - Lime tree- Fell to ground level- tree has caused the boundary wall to fracture- replacemnt Yoshino…

    PendingApplic. for works to trees in CA25/07260/TCA
  6. 2025
    6 Oct

    T1-T3, T7 4 x limes: crown reduce to previous most, recent reduction points, retaining selected shortened…

    ApprovedApplic. for wks to trees subject to TPO25/07178/TPO

Source: Westminster

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