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7 Chester Street London SW1X 7BB

16/00453/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 7 March 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retrospective application for amendments to approved scheme (RN: 14/05895/LBC) for Alterations to the rear at ground, first and second floor levels including new balcony at rear first floor level and enlarged garden terrace at ground floor level; creation of sheer storey at rear third floor level; repairs to windows on the front elevation and installation of new windows and doors to the rear elevation; internal alterations including the removal and addition of partitions all in association with the use of the building as a single family dwelling. NAMELY, the removal of lower ground floor store addition and removal ground floor projecting side extension, including associated external and internal alterations.

Received
20 January 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Knightsbridge And Belgravia
Agent
jdw architects
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated20 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Mar
  5. Decided7 Mar

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a side extension at 7 Chester Street London SW1X 7BB. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 47 days. The site is in the Belgravia conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 3 applications across Knightsbridge And Belgravia. We hold 1,284 applications in total for the SW1X 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
SW1X 7BB
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 January 2016
Consultation expiry
4 March 2016
Target decision date
16 March 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
jdw architects
Architect profile
JDW ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
jdw architects 5 Goldtops Newport Newport / Casnewydd NP20 4pg United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 February 2016
Advertisement expiry
4 March 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04755705
Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Belgravia
  • Listed building: Grade II: 2-7 Chester StreetOn or next to this site
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2016
    20 Jan

    Retrospective application for amendments to approved scheme (RN: 14/05894/FULL

    ApprovedApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside16/00452/FULL
  2. 2016
    20 Jan

    Retrospective application for amendments to approved scheme (RN: 14/05895/LBC

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent16/00453/LBC

Source: Westminster

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