5 St James's Street London SW1A 1EF
Approved on 27 May 2014
Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee
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Proposal
Use of an area of public highway on St James's Street measuring 0.6m x 3.46m for the placing of two tables and four chairs and the rear courtyard (Pickering Place) in an area measuring 3.5m x 7m for the placing of 12 tables, 24 chairs and two free standing parasols size 3500mm x 3500mm.
- Received
- 24 January 2014
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- Agent
- Design LSM
- ReceivedReceived24 Jan
- ValidatedValidated3 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date31 Mar
- DecidedDecided27 May
Decided in 113 days
About this application
This is a planning application at 5 St James's Street London SW1A 1EF. Westminster has handled 27,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 123 days, 11 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 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 475 applications across St James's. We hold 1,268 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- SW1A 1EF
- Application type
- Applic. for tables and chairs
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 February 2014
- Consultation expiry
- 7 March 2014
- Target decision date
- 31 March 2014
- Committee meeting
- 27 May 2014
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Design LSM
- Architect profile
- DESIGN LSM LIMITED
- Agent address
- 58 Livingstone Road Hove East Sussex BN3 3WL
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-03145502
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: St James's
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Westminster
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