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Eldon House 1 Dorset Street London W1U 4EG

10/01204/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionRefused
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Refused on 1 July 2010

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

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Proposal

Use of the building as a private preparatory and pre-preparatory school (Class D1) for children aged 3 to 12 years until 2025.

Received
15 February 2010
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
37
Ward
Marylebone High Street
Agent
Knight Frank LLP
  1. Received15 Feb
  2. Validated15 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 May
  5. Decided1 Jul

Decided in 136 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Eldon House 1 Dorset Street London W1U 4EG. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 136 days, 12 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,070 applications in total for the W1U 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
W1U 4EG
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 February 2010
Consultation expiry
26 March 2010
Target decision date
17 May 2010
Committee meeting
1 July 2010

Applicant and agent

Agent
Knight Frank LLP
Agent address
55 Baker Street London W1U 8AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 March 2010
Advertisement expiry
26 March 2010
Site notice start
22 February 2010
Site notice end
15 March 2010

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Portman EstatePart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 2 and 3, Dorset Street W1On or next to this site
  • 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.

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