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39 Victoria Street London SW1H 0EU

12/05744/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 28 August 2012

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Rebuilding of front façade with extensions, erection of extensions at eighth and ninth floor levels including mechanical plant and roof terraces at ninth floor level and cleaning cradle above, infill extensions to the lightwell/atrium including roof terraces, all in connection with additional office floorspace. Infilling of the colonnade at ground floor level and use of enlarged retail unit for Class A1 purposes; variation of Condition 15 of planning permission dated 29 March 2012 (11/07939/FULL) to allow revised time frame for the submission and approval of the BREAAM Post Construction Stage Assessment and Certification.

Received
1 June 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
Agent
Gerald Eve LLP
  1. Received1 Jun
  2. Validated1 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Jul
  5. Decided28 Aug

Decided in 88 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 39 Victoria Street London SW1H 0EU. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 6 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 414 applications in total for the SW1H 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
SW1H 0EU
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 June 2012
Consultation expiry
20 July 2012
Target decision date
27 July 2012
Committee meeting
26 July 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gerald Eve LLP
Agent address
72 Welbeck Street London W1K 0AY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
29 June 2012
Advertisement expiry
20 July 2012
Site notice start
21 June 2012
Site notice end
12 July 2012

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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