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26 Chapter Street London SW1P 4NP

15/11557/NMANon-material amendmentsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 5 May 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Amendments to planning permission dated 11 September 2015 RN: 15/01230) for the variation to Conditions 1, 6, 7, 8, 10 and 11 of planning permission dated 18 July 2013 (RN:12/11875/FULL) for the use of the building for residential purposes (Class C3), including the provision of 31 residential units (1 x 4 bed, 14 x 3 bed, 15 x 2 bed and 1 x 1 bed); demolition of the roof above fourth storey and construction of double pitched mansard roof extension; alterations to facades including creation of inset terraces; alterations to highway including creation of lightwells and erection of railings and installation of photovoltaic panels at roof level; revised internal configuration of flats and unit mix; pitch line of mansard increased; inclusion of lift overrun; retention of substation; new lightwell and railings on Hide Place; increase in pavement width to 2m between edge of pavement and railings on Hide Place; landscaping on corner of Hide Place and Douglas Street behind railings; omission of lightwells along Chapter Street frontage; amended window arrangement and doors to the refuse store on the Hide Place elevation; plant area, cycle store and refuse reconfigured at ground floor level; revised layout for photovoltaic cells; and inclusion of satellite dishes at roof level; Namely, alteration to ground floor and basement layouts, alterations to the west elevation to incorporate a single louvered door and window where a large double louvered door was previously shown.

Received
1 December 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Vincent Square
Agent
EPR Architects
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated1 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Dec
  5. Decided5 May

Decided in 156 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 26 Chapter Street London SW1P 4NP. Westminster has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 156 days, 15 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 90 applications across Vincent Square. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P postcode area.

88% of amendment 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
SW1P 4NP
Application type
Non-material amendments
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
31

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 December 2015
Target decision date
29 December 2015
Decision issued
6 May 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
EPR Architects
Architect profile
EPR ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
30 Millbank London SW1P 4DU

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04640634
Comments
0
Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2015
    8 Dec

    Amendments to planning permission dated 11 September 2015 (RN: 15/01230

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentFiled alongside15/11569/NMA
  2. 2015
    1 Dec

    Amendments to planning permission dated 11 September 2015 RN: 15/01230

    This applicationApprovedNon-material amendment15/11557/NMA

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