7 St James's Square London SW1Y 4JU

14/03519/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 9 December 2014

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Variation of Conditions 1, 4, 6 and 19 of planning permission dated 26 August 2011 (RN: 10/11022) for the refurbishment and alteration to 7 St James's Square to provide a single residential dwelling plus the redevelopment of 8 St James's Square, 7 Apple Tree Yard and 12A Duke of York Street to provide a seven storey office building plus lower ground and basement, namely alterations to the eastern lightwell and creation of a concealed plant area at roof level within an acoustic enclosure to No. 7 St James's Square.

Received: 11 April 2014
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived11 Apr
ValidatedValidated11 Apr
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date6 Jun
DecidedDecided9 Dec

Decided in 242 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 7 St James's Square London SW1Y 4JU. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 242 days, 28 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There have been 16 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 969 applications in total for the SW1Y 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: SW1Y 4JU
Application type: Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 11 April 2014
Consultation expiry: 23 May 2014
Target decision date: 6 June 2014
Committee meeting: 8 September 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent: DP9
Agent address: 100 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 2 May 2014
Advertisement expiry: 23 May 2014
Site notice start: 29 April 2014
Site notice end: 20 May 2014

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 20

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: 7, St James'S Square Sw1On 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 (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.

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Planning history at this site

14 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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