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63 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6AS

14/03631/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 March 2015

Council decision: Application PermittedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Recladding and reconfiguration of the tower building to provide 65 residential flats, Class B1 office use and Class A1 retail. Construction of six storey building for B1 office use and Class A retail (A1 and A2 or A3) on Caxton Street and four storey building comprising B1 office use and Class A1 retail on Buckingham Gate. Retention of existing basement levels. Associated works including highway works, new mechanical plant, car and cycle parking provision and loading facilities.

Received
16 April 2014
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
St James's
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Aug
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 315 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 63 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6AS. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 341 days, 42 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Broadway and Christchurch Gardens conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications 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 6AS
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
65

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2014
Consultation expiry
13 June 2014
Target decision date
11 August 2014
Committee meeting
16 September 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Jones Lang LaSalle
Agent address
22 Hanover Square London W1S 1JA

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
23 May 2014
Advertisement expiry
13 June 2014
Site notice start
20 May 2014
Site notice end
10 June 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03285283
Comments
0
Documents
106

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)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Broadway And Christchurch Gardens
  • Listed building: Grade II: The Albert Public HouseOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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