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British Columbia House 1 - 3 Regent Street London SW1Y 4NR

15/11288/TCHApplic. for tables and chairsApproved

Approved on 28 January 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Use of two areas of the public highway measuring 3.28 x 11.48 and 3.28 x 10.51 for the placing of 36 chairs, 6 tables and 8 planters in connection with existing restaurant at ground floor level.

Received
3 December 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received3 Dec
  2. Validated3 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Jan
  5. Decided28 Jan

Decided in 56 days

About this application

This is a planning application at British Columbia House 1 - 3 Regent Street London SW1Y 4NR. Westminster has handled 27,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Regent Street conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 475 applications across St James's. We hold 969 applications in total for the SW1Y postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SW1Y 4NR
Application type
Applic. for tables and chairs
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 December 2015
Consultation expiry
29 January 2016
Target decision date
28 January 2016
Decision issued
29 January 2016
Permission expires
31 January 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
CBRE
Agent address
Henrietta House Henrietta Place London London W1G 0NB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 January 2016
Advertisement expiry
29 January 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04674781
Comments
0
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Regent Street
  • Listed building: Grade II: British Columbia HouseOn or next to this site
  • 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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