26 St James's Place London SW1A 1NH

15/11314/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 1 March 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Internal alterations to the ground floor lobby area including cleaning and replacement of existing internal wall mosaic tiles to lobby area; cleaning of bronze railings to lobby area and removal of paintwork; removal of existing light fittings and replace to match existing; and removal of existing reception desk and replace to match existing.

Received: 4 December 2015
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's
Agent: Johnson Gillies Limited

ReceivedReceived4 Dec
ValidatedValidated8 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date4 Mar
DecidedDecided1 Mar

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 26 St James's Place London SW1A 1NH. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 6 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 9 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 1NH
Application type: Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 January 2016
Consultation expiry: 26 February 2016
Target decision date: 4 March 2016
Decision issued: 2 March 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent: Johnson Gillies Limited
Architect profile: JOHNSON GILLIES LIMITED
Agent address: Former HMS Essex 135 Ness Road Shoeburyness Essex SS3 9ES United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 5 February 2016
Advertisement expiry: 26 February 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-04650196
Comments: 0
Documents: 17

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: St James's
Listed building: Grade II*: 26, St James'S PlaceOn this site · +2 more
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

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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