Clive Steps King Charles Street London SW1A 2AQ
Approved on 10 December 2015
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Refurbishment of existing museum cafe.
- Received
- 7 October 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- Agent
- The Planning Lab
- ReceivedReceived7 Oct
- ValidatedValidated7 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date2 Dec
- DecidedDecided10 Dec
Decided in 64 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Clive Steps King Charles Street London SW1A 2AQ. 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 Whitehall conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,263 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 2AQ
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 7 October 2015
- Target decision date
- 2 December 2015
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- The Planning Lab
- Agent address
- 8th Floor Upper Ground London SE1 9PD United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Whitehall
- Listed building: Grade II*: New Government Offices (HM Treasury) and archway link with Foreign Office at east end of…On this site · +2 more
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
- Brownfield land register: 8-10 Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AERegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (19)
flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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 and heritage coasts.
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Associated applications
- 20157 Oct
Refurbishment of existing museum cafe.
This applicationApprovedListed building consent15/09335/LBC - 201530 Sep
New shop fittings and services to museum shop.
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside15/09117/LBC
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20121 Jun
Details of the following parts of the development: 1) Method statement for i) opening up and any necessary…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions12/05749/ADFULL - 200419 Oct
Modifications to colour and content of existing external signage.
ApprovedListed building consent04/08271/LBC - 20028 Jul
Sandbags pursuant to Condition 2 of planning permission dated 8 May December 2002 (RN: 02/01205/FULL
ApprovedDischarge of conditions02/05119/ADFULL - 20028 Jul
Sandbags pursuant to Condition 2 of listed building consent dated 8 May 2002 (RN: 02/01206/LBC
ApprovedListed building consent02/05120/ADLBC
Source: Westminster
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Consultants on this application
- The Planning Lab Limited · Agent for this application
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