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88 St James's Street London SW1A 1PL

13/12921/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 24 February 2014

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Variation of Condition 1 (plan numbers condition) of planning permission dated 1 March 2013 (RN: 12/10952) for the use of the building to provide eight residential flats; external alterations including the installation of new railings and glazed lights within pavement on the St James's Street elevation and Cleveland Row elevations, alteration to mansard roof, provision of terrace area at rear fourth floor level and roof level; excavation works to extend the existing sub-basement level to accommodate car parking spaces and mechanical plant; namely, accommodate vent and ducting within central lightwell, set back third floor and associated fenestration changes to north facing wall.

Received
20 December 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received20 Dec
  2. Validated20 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Feb
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 66 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 88 St James's Street London SW1A 1PL. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 2 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 18 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 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 1PL
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 December 2013
Consultation expiry
14 February 2014
Target decision date
14 February 2014
Committee meeting
24 February 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
GVA
Agent address
10 Stratton Street London W1J 8JR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
24 January 2014
Advertisement expiry
14 February 2014
Site notice start
14 January 2014
Site notice end
4 February 2014

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
17

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*: 87 and 88, St James'S Street 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

15 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2016
    4 Mar

    Installation of external lighting to east, south and west facades; within window reveals, stone architraves…

    ApprovedListed building consent16/01952/LBC
  2. 2016
    4 Mar

    Installation of external lighting to east, south and west facades; within window reveals, stone architraves…

    ApprovedApplication for full Planning Permission16/01951/FULL
  3. 2015
    16 Dec

    Variation of Conditions 1 and 5 of planning permission dated 21 October 2014 (RN : 14/06140

    ApprovedListed building consent15/11717/LBC
  4. 2015
    16 Dec

    Variation of Condition 1 of listed building consent dated 21 October 2014 (RN : 14/01640

    WithdrawnListed building consent15/11712/LBC
  5. 2015
    10 Dec

    Variation of Conditions 1, 10 and 11(v) of planning permission dated 21 October 2014 (RN : 14/06126

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)15/11524/FULL
  6. 2015
    10 Dec

    Variation of Conditions 1 and 11(v) of planning permission dated 21 October 2014 (RN : 14/01626

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)15/11523/FULL

Source: Westminster

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