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16 Arlington Street London SW1A 1RD

15/11376/CLOPUDCertificate of Lawfulness (proposed)Approved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 11 February 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Use of the basement as living accommodation for Directors or employees of the company ancillary to the main use of the building as office (Class B1).

Received
23 November 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
Agent
Blair Associates Architecture Ltd
  1. Received23 Nov
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Feb
  5. Decided11 Feb

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at 16 Arlington Street London SW1A 1RD. Westminster has handled 218 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 4 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 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 475 applications across St James's. We hold 1,268 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.

82% of outline 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 1RD
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2015
Target decision date
12 February 2016
Decision issued
12 February 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Blair Associates Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
BLAIR ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
88 Golden Lane London EC1Y 0UA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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