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Birdcage Walk London

12/05595/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 September 2012

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Refurbish, replace and remove existing street lighting to Birdcage Walk and around The Lawn at St James' Park (Buckingham Gate).

Received
1 June 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
Agent
Turley Associates
  1. Received1 Jun
  2. Validated19 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Aug
  5. Decided7 Sep

Decided in 80 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Birdcage Walk London. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 98 days, 7 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Royal Parks conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's.

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

Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 June 2012
Consultation expiry
3 August 2012
Target decision date
14 August 2012
Committee meeting
7 September 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
Turley Associates
Agent address
25 Savile Row London W1S 2ES

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 July 2012
Advertisement expiry
3 August 2012
Site notice start
5 July 2012
Site notice end
26 July 2012

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-01971594
Comments
0
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Royal Parks
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Registered park and garden: St James'S Park
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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

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© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2012
    1 Jun

    Refurbish, replace and remove existing street lighting to Birdcage Walk and around The Lawn at St James' Park…

    This applicationApprovedFull12/05595/FULL
  2. 2012
    1 Jun

    Refurbish, replace and remove existing street lighting to Birdcage Walk and around The Lawn at St James' Park…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside12/05596/LBC

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2002
    29 Oct

    Installation of CCTV camera and equipment cabinet

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission Application02/08102/FULL

Source: Westminster

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