5 Grosvenor Gardens London SW1W 0BD

16/00086/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationRefused

Listed building consent

Proposal

Retention of nine air conditioning units, lead covering of coping stone, light well roof lantern and service pipes to rear and side elevations. Installation of enlarged doorway to mews and lead cover to the glazed lantern to the rear. Internal alterations.

Received: 6 January 2016
Decided: 20 April 2016 · Application Refused
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

Approximate site (title boundary)

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ReceivedSubmitted6 Jan
ValidatedValidated27 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date23 Mar
DecidedDecided20 Apr

Decided in 84 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Westminster93% of heritage applications approved

This is a heritage application at 5 Grosvenor Gardens London SW1W 0BD. Westminster has handled 2,686 applications of this type and approves 91% of them, typically deciding them in 65 days. This one was decided in 105 days, 6 weeks longer than Westminster's median. The site is in the Grosvenor Gardens conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 558 applications across St James's. We hold 1,432 applications in total for the SW1W postcode area.

Application Details

Reference

16/00086/LBC

Address

5 Grosvenor Gardens London SW1W 0BD

Postcode

SW1W 0BD

Local Authority

Westminster

Application Type

Listed Building Consent Application

Scale / Size

Small

Decision Status

Rejected

Current Status

Decided

Ward

St James's

Applicant & Agent

Agent

Nathaniel Lichfield & Partners

Agent Address

14 Regent's Wharf All Saints Street London Greater London N1 9RL

Planning Application Dates

Date Received

6 January 2016

Consultation Expiry

1 April 2016

Target Decision Date

23 March 2016

Date Decided

20 April 2016

Date Validated

27 January 2016

Date Submitted

6 January 2016

Decision Issued

21 April 2016

Planning Decision

Decision

Application Refused

Decided By

Delegated Decision

Statutory Period

56 days

Publicity

Last Advertised

11 March 2016

Advertisement Expiry

1 April 2016

Appeal

Appeal Status

Appeal decided

Appeal Result

Appeal Allowed

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID

PP-04603868

Comments

Documents

Coordinates

51.497940, -0.146452

Enriching application data

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Westminster

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Associated applications

2016
6 Jan
Retention of nine air conditioning units, lead covering of coping stone, light well roof lantern and service…
RefusedApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside16/00085/FULL
2016
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This applicationRefusedListed building consent16/00086/LBC

Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Grosvenor Gardens
Listed building: Grade II: 1-21, Grosvenor Gardens, Screen Wall and Gateway to Beeston PlaceOn this site · +2 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
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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