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St. James Court Hotel, 41-54 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AF

14/02303/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 16 May 2014

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of new and relocated mechanical plant at roof level; new fire escape door to north west elevation and reinstatement of window to south west elevation both at ground floor level.

Received
12 March 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
Agent
Osel Architecture Ltd
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at St. James Court Hotel, 41-54 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6AF. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 65 days, 2 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Birdcage Walk conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 526 applications in total for the SW1E 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
SW1E 6AF
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2014
Consultation expiry
9 May 2014
Target decision date
19 May 2014
Committee meeting
16 May 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Osel Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
OSEL ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
Agent address
26 Oldbury Place London W1U 5PR

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 April 2014
Advertisement expiry
9 May 2014
Site notice start
11 April 2014
Site notice end
2 May 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03247784
Comments
0
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Birdcage Walk
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: 1-2 Castle Lane, London, SW1E 6DRRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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