23 Cavendish Close London NW8 9JB

10/00269/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 13 May 2010

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

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Proposal

Excavation of basement extension below rear garden, associated external alterations to main house and garage/ cottage building in rear garden and replacement of side boundary walls to rear garden.

Received: 13 January 2010
Decision level: Planning committee
Public comments: 1
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: Regent's Park
Agent: MSMR Architects

ReceivedReceived13 Jan
ValidatedValidated13 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date10 Mar
DecidedDecided13 May

Decided in 120 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 23 Cavendish Close London NW8 9JB. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 120 days, 10 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 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 124 applications across Regent's Park. 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 9JB
Application type: Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 13 January 2010
Consultation expiry: 19 February 2010
Target decision date: 10 March 2010
Committee meeting: 29 April 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent: MSMR Architects
Architect profile: MSMR ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address: The Old School Exton St London SE1 8UE

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 29 January 2010
Advertisement expiry: 19 February 2010

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-00832018
Documents: 43

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: St John's Wood
Listed building: Grade II: 23, Cavendish Close Nw8On this site · +6 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Tree Preservation Order: Ref STM18Protected tree on or next to this site · +7 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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Excavation of basement extension below rear garden, associated external alterations to main house and garage/…
This applicationApprovedFull10/00269/FULL
2010
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Excavation of basement extension below rear garden, associated external alterations to main house and garage/…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside10/00270/LBC

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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