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Admiralty Arch The Mall London SW1A 2DY

16/01124/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 2 August 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of Conditions 1, 16 and 17 of permission dated 29 August 2014 (RN 14/05315/FULL) for Use of Admiralty Arch as a 100 bedroom hotel, private members club and one self contained residential unit. Internal and external alterations including creation of two new basement levels for ancillary hotel facilities and plant outside of the footprint of the listed building and excavation of additional two storey basement on south west side of Arch to provide plant room, namely the provision of between 1 and 4 residential units in the north wing of the building and changes to BREEAM rating.

Received
9 February 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
Agent
Blair Associates Architecture Ltd
  1. Received9 Feb
  2. Validated9 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Apr
  5. Decided2 Aug

Decided in 540 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Admiralty Arch The Mall London SW1A 2DY. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 540 days, 70 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 9 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 1,263 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.

86% of full 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 2DY
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 February 2016
Consultation expiry
25 March 2016
Target decision date
5 April 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Blair Associates Architecture Ltd
Architect profile
BLAIR ASSOCIATES ARCHITECTURE LTD
Agent address
88 Golden Lane London EC1Y 0UA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
4 March 2016
Advertisement expiry
25 March 2016
Site notice start
22 February 2016
Site notice end
14 March 2016

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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