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86 St James's Street London SW1A 1PL

15/12089/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationRefused
Listed building consent

Refused on 18 August 2016

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retention of alterations to chimney stack.

Received
23 December 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided18 Aug

Decided in 153 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 86 St James's Street London SW1A 1PL. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 239 days, 27 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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.

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 1PL
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2016
Consultation expiry
29 April 2016
Target decision date
13 May 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Dron + Wright
Agent address
80 Cannon Street London EC4N 6HL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 April 2016
Advertisement expiry
29 April 2016

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
35

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: The Constitutional ClubOn 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 (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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