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1-7 Howick Place London SW1P 1BB

12/06093/NMANon-material amendmentsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 12 July 2012

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Amendments to planning permission dated 28 January 2009 (RN: 08/05789) for demolition of existing buildings on the site bounded by Howick Place and Francis Street, and redevelopment to provide a new building of sub-basement, basement, ground and eight upper floors comprising retail (Class A1) and dual/alternative retail (Class A1) or office (Class B1) use at part ground floor level, office use (Class B1) at part basement to part sixth floor levels, residential (Class C3) use at part basement to part sixth floor levels and seventh and eighth floor levels comprising 23 private units (7 x 1 bed, 8 x 2 bed and 8 x 3 bed) and 10 affordable units (3 x 1 bed, 4 x 2 bed and 3 x 3 bed). Thirteen car parking spaces at sub-basement and basement levels, refuse storage areas and service yard at rear on Spencer Place namely, the installation of a living wall to the internal lightwell to the rear of the building.

Received
15 June 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Vincent Square
  1. Received15 Jun
  2. Validated15 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Jul
  5. Decided12 Jul

Decided in 27 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 1-7 Howick Place London SW1P 1BB. Westminster has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Cathedral conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Vincent Square. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P postcode area.

88% of amendment 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
SW1P 1BB
Application type
Non-material amendments
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
10

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 June 2012
Target decision date
13 July 2012
Committee meeting
12 July 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

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: Westminster Cathedral
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage 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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© 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.

Source: Westminster

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