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11-12 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6LB

14/00150/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 14 April 2014

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Use of the lower ground to third floors from offices (B1) to create 10 residential apartments (C3) (two apartments per floor). New window within the lower ground floor west building to incorporate a window within the façade facing the existing garden.

Received
8 January 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
Agent
Urbanauts Consultancy Ltd
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated13 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided14 Apr

Decided in 91 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at 11-12 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6LB. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 7 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Birdcage Walk conservation area, with 11 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.

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 6LB
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
10

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 January 2014
Consultation expiry
28 February 2014
Target decision date
14 April 2014
Committee meeting
14 April 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Urbanauts Consultancy Ltd
Architect profile
URBANAUTS CONSULTANCY LTD
Agent address
Glen House, 125-133 Old Brompton Road London SW7 3RP

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 February 2014
Advertisement expiry
28 February 2014
Site notice start
28 January 2014
Site notice end
18 February 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03111808
Comments
0
Documents
27

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)
  • Conservation area: Birdcage Walk
  • Listed building: Grade II: Duchy of Cornwall OfficeOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: 4 - 5 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6JPRegister site at or near this address
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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