55 Whitehall London SW1A 2EY

14/00482/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 14 March 2014

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Installation of an inverted roof using extruded polystyrene insulation; the decommission and removal of an existing electric immersion heater to be replaced with a condensing gas boiler; the installation of six flat plate solar thermal collectors on the roof.

Received: 20 January 2014
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived20 Jan
ValidatedValidated24 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date21 Mar
DecidedDecided14 Mar

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at 55 Whitehall London SW1A 2EY. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitehall conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 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 2EY
Application type: Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 January 2014
Consultation expiry: 7 March 2014
Target decision date: 21 March 2014
Committee meeting: 14 March 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent: Eurobuild
Agent address: Second Floor 77 South Road Haywards Heath East Sussex RH16 4LB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 14 February 2014
Advertisement expiry: 7 March 2014
Site notice start: 7 February 2014
Site notice end: 28 February 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-03111330
Comments: 0
Documents: 8

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Whitehall
Listed building: Grade II*: Government Offices, Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food Government Offices, Minist…On or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed

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.

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Associated applications

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ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside14/00483/LBC

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9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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