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49-53 Parliament Street London SW1A 2NH

12/06504/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 28 September 2012

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Internal alterations at basement, ground and first floor levels including opening in wall between existing units in association with the amalgamation of two retail units to form one single retail unit. Associated external alterations including alterations to rear elevation including provision of a separate emergency exit from offices above.

Received
28 June 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received28 Jun
  2. Validated28 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Aug
  5. Decided28 Sep

Decided in 92 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 49-53 Parliament Street London SW1A 2NH. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 6 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitehall conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,261 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.

93% of heritage 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
SW1A 2NH
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 June 2012
Target decision date
23 August 2012
Committee meeting
28 September 2012
Decision issued
28 October 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
Parliamentary Estates Directorate
Agent address
14 Tothill Street London SW1H 9NB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-02041108
Comments
0
Documents
2

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
  • Conservation area: Whitehall
  • Listed building: Grade II: 49 and 50, Parliament Street Sw1On this site · +7 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
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

  1. 2012
    28 Jun

    External alterations including provision of a separate emergency exit at rear from offices above, in…

    ApprovedApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside12/06503/FULL
  2. 2012
    28 Jun

    Internal alterations at basement, ground and first floor levels including opening in wall between existing…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent12/06504/LBC

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