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Wellington Barracks Birdcage Walk London SW1E 6HQ

12/06536/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 4 September 2012

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Construction of a memorial garden and accessible ramp and railings to the land next to the Cloister and Guards Chapel.

Received
27 June 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received27 Jun
  2. Validated17 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Sep
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Wellington Barracks Birdcage Walk London SW1E 6HQ. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 3 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Birdcage Walk conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 526 applications in total for the SW1E 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
SW1E 6HQ
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 July 2012
Consultation expiry
24 August 2012
Target decision date
11 September 2012
Committee meeting
4 September 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
Defence Infrastructure Organisation (DIO)
Agent address
Ministry Of Defence GF04 Main Building Whitehall London SW1A 2HB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
3 August 2012
Advertisement expiry
24 August 2012
Site notice start
30 July 2012
Site notice end
20 August 2012

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
15

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: Birdcage Walk
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Guards Chapel, Wellington BarracksOn this site · +5 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: Buckingham Court, 78 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6PERegister site at or near this address · +2 more
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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  1. 2012
    27 Jun

    Construction of a memorial garden and accessible ramp and railings to the land next to the Cloister and…

    This applicationApprovedFull12/06536/FULL
  2. 2012
    27 Jun

    Construction of a memorial garden and accessible ramp and railings to the land next to the Cloister and…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside12/06537/LBC

Source: Westminster

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