Overseas House Park Place London SW1A 1LR

14/03047/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 12 September 2014

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Relocation and improvements to existing staff entrance including installation of a new goods lift and relocation of A/C units.

Received: 1 April 2014
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived1 Apr
ValidatedValidated27 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date22 Jul
DecidedDecided12 Sep

Decided in 108 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Overseas House Park Place London SW1A 1LR. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 164 days, 16 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 14 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 475 applications across St James's. We hold 1,268 applications in total for the SW1A 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: SW1A 1LR
Application type: Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 May 2014
Consultation expiry: 5 September 2014
Target decision date: 22 July 2014
Committee meeting: 12 September 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent: Carpenter Farrer
Architect profile: CARPENTER FARRER LIMITED
Agent address: The Studio 20 Ivy Road Kettering Northamptonshire NN16 9TQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 15 August 2014
Advertisement expiry: 5 September 2014
Site notice start: 16 June 2014
Site notice end: 7 July 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-03293883
Comments: 0
Documents: 9

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: Grade II: 20, St James'S Place Sw1On or next to this site · +3 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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ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside14/03048/LBC

Planning history at this site

13 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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