Development Site At 1 - 8 Russell Court London
Approved on 20 January 2016
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Amendments to planning permission dated 29.10.2014 (RN:14/07786) which amended permission dated 20.06.2014 (RN:14/01736/FULL) for the demolition of existing buildings (retaining part of the Little St James's Street facade to Nos. 4-5) and redevelopment of new buildings comprising basement, ground and two upper floors to provide four (3 x 3-bedroom and 1 x 2-bedroom) dwellings (Class C3) with associated car parking, roof terraces and roof plant; namely, to vary Condition 17 to alter the timing of submission for the final Code for Sustainable Homes post construction stage assessment.
- Received
- 21 December 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- ReceivedReceived21 Dec
- ValidatedValidated21 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date18 Jan
- DecidedDecided20 Jan
Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at Development Site At 1 - 8 Russell Court London. Westminster has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 3 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 475 applications across St James's.
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
- Application type
- Non-material amendments
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 December 2015
- Target decision date
- 18 January 2016
- Decision issued
- 22 January 2016
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- CBRE
- Agent address
- Henrietta House Henrietta Place London W1G 0NB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 28 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: St James's
- Listed building: 86 St James's Street London SW1A 1PLOn or next to this site · +1 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 (22)
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Associated applications
- 201521 Dec
Amendments to planning permission dated 29.10.2014 (RN:14/07786
This applicationApprovedNon-material amendment15/11885/NMA - 201425 Feb
Variation of Condition Nos. 1, 6 and 19 of planning permission dated 17 January 2014 (RN: 13/10207/FULL
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Part of14/01736/FULL
Source: Westminster
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