Norman Shaw Building South Victoria Embankment London SW1A 2HZ
Approved on 23 March 2016
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of an electric vehicle charging point in the car park between Norman Shaw south and Norman Shaw North buildings including creation of small openings in the basement vaults.
- Received
- 23 December 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- ReceivedReceived23 Dec
- ValidatedValidated18 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date14 Mar
- DecidedDecided23 Mar
Decided in 65 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Norman Shaw Building South Victoria Embankment London SW1A 2HZ. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 6 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitehall conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,261 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 2HZ
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 January 2016
- Consultation expiry
- 14 March 2016
- Target decision date
- 14 March 2016
- Decision issued
- 24 March 2016
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Parliamentary Estates Directorate
- Agent address
- 1st Floor 7 Millbank London SW1H 9BN United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 26 February 2016
- Advertisement expiry
- 14 March 2016
- Site notice start
- 18 February 2016
- Site notice end
- 10 March 2016
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Whitehall
- Listed building: Grade II*: Former New Scotland Yard, Norman Shaw South BuildingOn or next to this site
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
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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Associated applications
- 201523 Dec
Installation of an Electric Vehicle Charging Point in the car park between Norman Shaw south and Norman Shaw…
ApprovedApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside15/12006/FULL - 201523 Dec
Installation of an electric vehicle charging point in the car park between Norman Shaw south and Norman Shaw…
This applicationApprovedListed building consent15/12007/LBC
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Westminster
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