Spencer House 27 St James's Place London SW1A 1NR
Approved on 18 November 2015
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of air conditioning condenser to existing enclosed plant room at third floor level. Installation of cables for air conditioning, electrical and IT services.
- Received
- 15 September 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- ReceivedReceived15 Sep
- ValidatedValidated15 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date10 Nov
- DecidedDecided18 Nov
Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Spencer House 27 St James's Place London SW1A 1NR. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 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 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,261 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.
93% of heritage 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 1NR
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 September 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 30 October 2015
- Target decision date
- 10 November 2015
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Doherty Baines
- Agent address
- 25-26 Albermarle Street London W1S 4HX United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 9 October 2015
- Advertisement expiry
- 30 October 2015
- Site notice start
- 6 October 2015
- Site notice end
- 27 October 2015
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: St James's
- 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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20268 Jan
Undertake paint analysis in the Painted Room, Spencer House.
ApprovedListed building consent26/00098/LBC - 20242 Dec
T1, T2, T3, T4, T5 Lime trees: Reduce height and width by 2-3m, remove basal growth and raise canopy to 4.5m…
PendingApplic. for works to trees in CA24/08390/TCA - 200516 Mar
Rear Garden (Northern Boundary) - 3 x Lime - Crown reduce & shape by 30%, thin by 15-20%. Lift canopy over…
ApprovedApplic. for works to trees in CA05/02161/TCA
Source: Westminster
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Consultants on this application
- Doherty Baines · Agent for this application
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Find contractors for electrical near this site- Avent Roofing ServicesVerifiedWestminsterRoofing0.2 mi
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- Orient Construction Consultancy LimitedVerifiedLondon4.1 mi
- Nova Coat & PlasterVerifiedStreatham, LondonRenovations & RefurbishmentsPlastering4.6 mi
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