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40 Crawford Street London W1H 1JX

09/07903/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 19 January 2010

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Part demolition of rear basement structures and part infill of rear courtyard at basement and ground floor levels. Use of basement and ground floor as dual alternative retail (Class A1) or financial and professional services (Class A2) and use of the first, second and third floors for residential purposes comprising of 1x3 bedroom flat (Class C3).

Received
29 September 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Bryanston And Dorset Square
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated19 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Dec
  5. Decided19 Jan

Decided in 92 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 40 Crawford Street London W1H 1JX. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 9 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Portman Estate conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 896 applications in total for the W1H 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
W1H 1JX
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 October 2009
Consultation expiry
27 November 2009
Target decision date
14 December 2009
Committee meeting
19 January 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address
27 Goldhawk Road Shepherds Bush London W12 8QQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 November 2009
Advertisement expiry
27 November 2009
Site notice start
26 October 2009
Site notice end
16 November 2009

Additional information

Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Portman Estate
  • Listed building: Grade II: 38, Crawford Street W1On or next to this site · +3 more
  • 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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