69-70 St James's Street London SW1A 1PJ

13/12573/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 11 March 2014

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Relocation of existing air handling units to new area at end of rear courtyard.

Received: 17 December 2013
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's
Agent: Purcell LLP

ReceivedReceived17 Dec
ValidatedValidated14 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date11 Mar
DecidedDecided11 Mar

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 69-70 St James's Street London SW1A 1PJ. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 475 applications across St James's. We hold 1,263 applications in total for the SW1A 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: SW1A 1PJ
Application type: Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 January 2014
Consultation expiry: 21 February 2014
Target decision date: 11 March 2014
Committee meeting: 11 March 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent: Purcell LLP
Architect profile: PURCELL LIMITED
Agent address: 1 Quayside Bridge Street Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB5 8AB England

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 31 January 2014
Advertisement expiry: 21 February 2014
Site notice start: 27 January 2014
Site notice end: 17 February 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-03075182
Comments: 0
Documents: 10

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: 39 to 45, St James's PlaceOn or next to this site
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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© 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.

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Associated applications

2013
17 Dec
Relocation of existing air handling units to new area at end of rear courtyard.
This applicationApprovedFull13/12573/FULL
2013
17 Dec
Relocation of existing air handling units to new area at end of rear courtyard.
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside13/12574/LBC

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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