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Development Site At 5 To 6 St James's Square And 10-11 Babmaes Street London SW1Y 4LD

12/06646/NMANon-material amendmentsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 24 October 2012

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Amendments to planning permission dated 17 October 2011 (RN: 11/02866) for the demolition and redevelopment of the site of 6 St James's Square (including 10 and 11 Babmaes Street) and annexe of 5 St James's Square to provide building comprising sub-basement, lower ground, ground and six upper floors for use as offices (Class B1), with art gallery and 13 residential flats (Class C3) over ground and seven upper floors, continued use of 5 St James's Square as offices (Class B1), namely alterations to granite plinth and canopies and omission of windows to Eagle House lightwell.

Received
29 June 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Jul
  5. Decided24 Oct

Decided in 117 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Development Site At 5 To 6 St James's Square And 10-11 Babmaes Street London SW1Y 4LD. Westminster has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 117 days, 10 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 475 applications across St James's. We hold 969 applications in total for the SW1Y 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
SW1Y 4LD
Application type
Non-material amendments
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
13

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2012
Target decision date
27 July 2012
Committee meeting
24 October 2012

Applicant and agent

Agent
CgMs
Agent address
140 London Wall London EC2Y 5DN

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.

  • Conservation area: St James's
  • Listed building: Grade II: 7, St James'S Square Sw1On or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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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