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3 St James's Square London SW1Y 4JU

14/00869/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 May 2014

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Alterations to ground floor facade at basement and ground floor levels including creation of second street level entrance. Erection of glass balustrades and replacement of windows with sliding doors at rear fifth to eighth floors. Erection of boiler room enclosure at first floor level on the northern elevation. Installation of new mechanical plant within a louvered screen enclosure at roof level.

Received
31 January 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received31 Jan
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Mar
  5. Decided23 May

Decided in 112 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at 3 St James's Square London SW1Y 4JU. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 9 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 475 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
31 January 2014
Consultation expiry
14 March 2014
Target decision date
28 March 2014
Committee meeting
23 May 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
21 February 2014
Advertisement expiry
14 March 2014
Site notice start
18 February 2014
Site notice end
11 March 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03154804
Comments
0
Documents
26

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: 7-9, Babmaes Street Sw1On or next to 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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Source: Westminster

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