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53 Lower Belgrave Street London SW1W 0LP

15/09999/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 16 February 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Excavation works to create a basement with rooflight under the footprint of the house, front lightwell and vaults, and the rear garden.

Received
27 October 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Knightsbridge And Belgravia
Agent
Hayes & Partners
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided16 Feb

Decided in 112 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 53 Lower Belgrave Street London SW1W 0LP. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 112 days, 9 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Belgravia conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 17 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Knightsbridge And Belgravia. We hold 1,477 applications in total for the SW1W 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
SW1W 0LP
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2015
Consultation expiry
11 December 2015
Target decision date
22 December 2015
Decision issued
17 February 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Hayes & Partners
Architect profile
HAYES & PARTNERS LIMITED
Agent address
Atlas House Old Hall Street Macclesfield Cheshire SK10 2DT United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 November 2015
Advertisement expiry
11 December 2015
Site notice start
12 November 2015
Site notice end
3 December 2015

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04580679
Comments
0
Documents
29

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Belgravia
  • Listed building: Grade II: 49-55, Lower Belgrave Street Sw1On or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • 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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Associated applications

  1. 2015
    27 Oct

    Excavation works to create a basement with rooflight under the footprint of the house and the rear garden.

    ApprovedApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside15/09993/FULL
  2. 2015
    27 Oct

    Excavation works to create a basement with rooflight under the footprint of the house and the rear garden…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside15/09994/LBC
  3. 2015
    27 Oct

    Excavation works to create a basement with rooflight under the footprint of the house, front lightwell and…

    ApprovedApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside15/09995/FULL
  4. 2015
    27 Oct

    Excavation works to create a basement with rooflight under the footprint of the house, front lightwell and…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside15/09996/LBC
  5. 2015
    27 Oct

    Excavation works to create basement under the footprint of the house and the rear garden with rooflight.

    ApprovedApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside15/09997/FULL
  6. 2015
    27 Oct

    Excavation works to create basement under the footprint of the house and the rear garden, with rooflight and…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside15/09998/LBC
  7. 2015
    27 Oct

    Excavation works to create a basement with rooflight under the footprint of the house, front lightwell and…

    This applicationApprovedFull15/09999/FULL
  8. 2015
    27 Oct

    Excavation works to create a basement with rooflight under the footprint of the house, front lightwell and…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside15/10000/LBC
  9. 2015
    27 Oct

    Excavation works to create a basement extension under footprint of the house and the rear garden with…

    ApprovedApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside15/10001/FULL
  10. 2015
    26 Oct

    Excavation works to create a basement with rooflight under the footprint of the house, front lightwell and…

    ApprovedApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside15/09952/FULL
  11. 2015
    26 Oct

    Excavation works to create a basement with rooflight under the footprint of the house, front lightwell and…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside15/09953/LBC
  12. 2015
    26 Oct

    Excavation works to create a two-storey basement under part of the footprint of the house and rear garden…

    ApprovedApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside15/09954/FULL
  13. 2015
    26 Oct

    Excavation works to create a two-storey basement under part of the footprint of the house and rear garden…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside15/09955/LBC
  14. 2015
    26 Oct

    Excavation works to create a basement under the footprint of the house, the rear garden, the front lightwell…

    ApprovedApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside15/09962/FULL
  15. 2015
    26 Oct

    Excavation works to create a basement under footprint of the house, the rear garden, the front lightwell and…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside15/09963/LBC

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