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4 St James's Square London SW1Y 4JU

14/00609/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 17 June 2014

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of a total of 10 condenser units (one unit at upper ground level north elevation; 5 units at upper ground roof area eastern end of building and 4 units at fourth floor roof level west side of courtyard)

Received
23 January 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
Agent
Wylie Associates
  1. Received23 Jan
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided17 Jun

Decided in 99 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 4 St James's Square London SW1Y 4JU. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 145 days, 14 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 969 applications in total for the SW1Y 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
SW1Y 4JU
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2014
Consultation expiry
18 April 2014
Target decision date
5 May 2014
Committee meeting
17 June 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Wylie Associates
Agent address
28 Halesworth Road St Johns London Greater London SE13 7TN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 March 2014
Advertisement expiry
18 April 2014
Site notice start
24 March 2014
Site notice end
14 April 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03143450
Comments
0
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St James's+1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II*: 4, St James'S Square Sw1On this site · +2 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.

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    23 Jan

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    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside14/00610/LBC

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