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Wellington House 67 - 73 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6BE

12/06690/NMANon-material amendmentsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 9 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 7 October 2009 (RN: 08/09077/FULL) for demolition of existing building and construction of a new building over basement, ground and 9 upper floors comprising car parking, cycle spaces and plant at basement level, retail (Class A1) and residential entrance at ground floor level and 59 residential units at all upper floors and a terrace at roof level namely, lowering of the plaster board soffit to the colonnade area from 4330 mm above external ground floor level to 4055mm.

Received
29 June 2012
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
Agent
HMKL Architects
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Jul
  5. Decided9 Jul

Decided in 10 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Wellington House 67 - 73 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6BE. Westminster has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 10 days, 6 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in 2 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 526 applications in total for the SW1E 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
SW1E 6BE
Application type
Non-material amendments
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
59

Planning application dates

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

Applicant and agent

Agent
HMKL Architects
Agent address
46 Loman Street London SE1 0EH

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1

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)
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: Vandon House 1 Vandon Street London SW1H 0AHRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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 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.

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.

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