Abbey Garden Great College Street London SW1P 3RX

14/01976/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionRefused

Full

Refused on 13 May 2014

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Addition of an open link at upper ground floor level between 1 and 2 Abbey Gardens providing ambulant disabled access between the two buildings. Alteration of an existing window opening in the East elevation of 1 Abbey Gardens and a new opening in the garden wall between the properties.

Received: 3 March 2014
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's
Agent: Stow and Beale Conservation Architects

ReceivedReceived3 Mar
ValidatedValidated19 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date14 May
DecidedDecided13 May

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Abbey Garden Great College Street London SW1P 3RX. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P 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: SW1P 3RX
Application type: Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 March 2014
Consultation expiry: 18 April 2014
Target decision date: 14 May 2014
Committee meeting: 13 May 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent: Stow and Beale Conservation Architects
Agent address: The Old Post Office 1 Compton Road Wimbledon Greater London SW19 7QA

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-03223347
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)
Conservation area: Westminster Abbey And Parliament Square
Listed building: Grade II: Abbey (Canons') Garden 4 StatuesOn or next to this site · +4 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
World Heritage Site: Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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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RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside14/01977/LBC

Planning history at this site

2 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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