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Westminster College Castle Lane London SW1E 6DR

14/02489/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 5 January 2015

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing building and redevelopment comprising erection of a new six storey residential building plus basement level (Class C3) and three townhouses fronting Wilfred Street (Class C3) (31 units in total) including rooftop plant, cycle parking, waste store and plant, new access and servicing arrangements, hard and soft landscaping and other associated works.

Received
18 March 2014
Decision level
Planning committee
Public comments
3
Ward
St James's
Agent
Gerald Eve LLP
  1. Received18 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Jun
  5. Decided5 Jan

Decided in 293 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Westminster College Castle Lane London SW1E 6DR. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 293 days, 35 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Birdcage Walk conservation area, with 3 listed buildings 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 6DR
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2014
Consultation expiry
18 April 2014
Target decision date
17 June 2014
Committee meeting
14 October 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gerald Eve LLP
Agent address
72 Welbeck Street London W1G 0AY

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
28 March 2014
Advertisement expiry
18 April 2014
Site notice start
21 March 2014
Site notice end
11 April 2014

Additional information

Documents
67

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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Source: Westminster

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