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Development Site At 1 - 8 Russell Court London

14/01736/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 June 2014

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Variation of Condition Nos. 1, 6 and 19 of planning permission dated 17 January 2014 (RN: 13/10207/FULL) for the demolition of existing buildings (retaining part of the Little St James's Street facade to Nos. 4-5) and redevelopment of new buildings comprising basement, ground and two upper floors to provide four (3 x 3-bedroom and 1 x 2-bedroom) dwellings (Class C3) with associated car parking, roof terraces and roof plant; namely, extension of basement level beneath part of Russell Court; amendments to stair enclosure on mews house 1 and amendments/omission of rooflights to mews houses 1 and 3.

Received
25 February 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received25 Feb
  2. Validated25 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Apr
  5. Decided20 Jun

Decided in 115 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Development Site At 1 - 8 Russell Court London. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 9 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 20 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.

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

Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 February 2014
Consultation expiry
4 April 2014
Target decision date
22 April 2014
Committee meeting
20 June 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
CBRE
Agent address
Henrietta House Henrietta Place London W1G 0NB

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
14 March 2014
Advertisement expiry
4 April 2014
Site notice start
10 March 2014
Site notice end
31 March 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03206518
Comments
0
Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St James's
  • Listed building: 86 St James's Street London SW1A 1PLOn or next to this site · +1 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 (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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Associated applications

  1. 2015
    21 Dec

    Amendments to planning permission dated 29.10.2014 (RN:14/07786

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment15/11885/NMA
  2. 2014
    25 Feb

    Variation of Condition Nos. 1, 6 and 19 of planning permission dated 17 January 2014 (RN: 13/10207/FULL

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)14/01736/FULL

Source: Westminster

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