55 Victoria Street London SW1H 0EU

14/05258/NMANon-material amendmentsApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 8 July 2014

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Amendments to planning permission dated 5 August 2014 (RN: 12/11412) for alterations including extensions at roof level and to the rear to create a part eight, part 10, part 12 storey building with replacement of the façade and associated works including creation of terraces, car parking and plant equipment in association with the use of the building as 54 residential units (Class C3), retail (Class A1) and bank (Class A2); Namely, reduction of the ground floor communal terrace by 1.5m in depth.

Received: 30 May 2014
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's
Agent: Gerald Eve LLP

ReceivedReceived30 May
ValidatedValidated3 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date1 Jul
DecidedDecided8 Jul

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 55 Victoria Street London SW1H 0EU. Westminster has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 10 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 414 applications in total for the SW1H postcode area.

88% of amendment 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: SW1H 0EU
Application type: Non-material amendments
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 54

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 June 2014
Target decision date: 1 July 2014
Committee meeting: 8 July 2014

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 2

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more

Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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