Serck House 60-61 Trafalgar Square London WC2N 5DS
Approved on 11 January 2016
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Use of an area of public highway measuring 4m x 2m for the placing of three tables, twelve chairs and two barriers in connection with the existing ground floor coffee shop.
- Received
- 17 November 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- ReceivedReceived17 Nov
- ValidatedValidated17 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date12 Jan
- DecidedDecided11 Jan
Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Serck House 60-61 Trafalgar Square London WC2N 5DS. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 300 applications in total for the WC2N 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
- WC2N 5DS
- Application type
- Application for full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 November 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 8 January 2016
- Target decision date
- 12 January 2016
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Nero Holdings
- Agent address
- 3 Neal St London WC2H 9PU United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 18 December 2015
- Advertisement expiry
- 8 January 2016
- Site notice start
- 9 December 2015
- Site notice end
- 30 December 2015
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Trafalgar Square
- 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 200214 Aug
Retention of an external air conditioning unit on external staircase at roof level.
RefusedFull Planning Permission Application02/06472/FULL - 200220 Jun
Display for a temporary period of six months of a non-illuminated 'to let' board located on the face of the…
ApprovedAdvertisement consent02/04696/AD7
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