5 Harcourt Street London W1H 4HA

10/01067/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 27 April 2010

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Use of the basement and ground floors as a sui generis use comprising medical consulting rooms (Class D1) and beauty treatments (Class A2) at basement level with retail at ground floor level (Class A1) and continued use of first and second floors as a self contained residential unit (Class C3).

Received: 11 February 2010
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: Bryanston And Dorset Square

ReceivedReceived11 Feb
ValidatedValidated8 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date3 May
DecidedDecided27 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 5 Harcourt Street London W1H 4HA. 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 Portman Estate conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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 4HA
Application type: Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 March 2010
Consultation expiry: 9 April 2010
Target decision date: 3 May 2010
Committee meeting: 27 April 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 6 Gainsborough Studios North 1 Poole Street London N1 5EB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 19 March 2010
Advertisement expiry: 9 April 2010
Site notice start: 9 March 2010
Site notice end: 30 March 2010

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-00956493
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: 2-5, Harcourt Street W1On or next to this site · +1 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.

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Associated applications

2010
15 Feb
Use of the building as a single family dwelling (Class C3).
WithdrawnApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside10/01143/FULL
2010
11 Feb
Use of the basement and ground floors as a sui generis use comprising medical consulting rooms (Class D1) and…
This applicationApprovedFull10/01067/FULL

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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