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88 St James's Street London SW1A 1PL

15/11523/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 18 February 2016

Council decision: Application Withdrawn

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Proposal

Variation of Conditions 1 and 11(v) of planning permission dated 21 October 2014 (RN : 14/01626) for the use of the building to provide eight residential flats; external alterations including the installation of new railings and glazed lights within pavement on the St James's Street elevation and Cleveland Row elevations, alteration to mansard roof, provision of terrace area at rear fourth floor level and roof level; excavation works to extend the existing sub-basement level to accommodate car parking spaces and mechanical plant, vent and ducting within central lightwell, set back third floor and associated fenestration changes to north facing wall; and substitution of plans to revise existing cycle parking layout, removal of CHP and alterations to the roof of the building including the provision of two air handling units, installation of two satellite dishes, rebuilding of the chimney stack located to the central north western part of the roof and new brick wall against the party wall with No. 86; Namely, to include revised details of the pavement lights on Cleveland Row and of the lower ground lightwells underneath.

Received
10 December 2015
Ward
St James's
  1. Received10 Dec
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target4 Feb
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 88 St James's Street London SW1A 1PL. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 70 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 18 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.

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
SW1A 1PL
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2015
Consultation expiry
5 February 2016
Target decision date
4 February 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
GVA
Agent address
65 Gresham Street London London EC2V 7NQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 January 2016
Advertisement expiry
5 February 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04677072
Comments
0
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St James's
  • Listed building: Grade II*: 87 and 88, St James'S Street Sw1On 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

15 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2016
    4 Mar

    Installation of external lighting to east, south and west facades; within window reveals, stone architraves…

    ApprovedListed building consent16/01952/LBC
  2. 2016
    4 Mar

    Installation of external lighting to east, south and west facades; within window reveals, stone architraves…

    ApprovedApplication for full Planning Permission16/01951/FULL
  3. 2013
    20 Dec

    Variation of Condition 1 of listed building consent dated 17 December 2013 (12/10955

    ApprovedListed building consent14/00244/LBC
  4. 2013
    20 Dec

    Variation of Condition 1 (plan numbers condition) of planning permission dated 1 March 2013 (RN: 12/10952

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)13/12921/FULL
  5. 2013
    20 Dec

    Variation of Condition 1 (plan numbers condition) of planning permission dated 17 December 2013 (RN: 13/11042

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)14/00033/FULL
  6. 2013
    20 Dec

    Variation of Condition 1 (plan numbers condition) of listed building consent dated 17 December 2013 (RN…

    ApprovedListed building consent14/00034/LBC

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