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Alexandra Buildings Palace Street London SW1E 5HW

16/01480/CLEUDCertificate of Lawfulness (existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 15 April 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Confirmation that planning permission (12/02189/FULL) dated 1 March 2013 for Alterations and extensions to the North, South, Alexandra and Mews Buildings (Castle Lane/Palace Street) for use as affordable housing (Class C3) comprising 63 units; including creation of balconies; construction of a cycle/bin store, lift and staircase to the rear of North Building; soft and hard landscaping including children's play area; cycle parking and other associated works has been implemented by way of demolition of three tank room enclosures, dismantling and removal of tanks, dismantling and removal of a stair enclosure all located on the existing roof of the North Building and demolition of a single storey plant room and refuse store including the removal of all plant and equipment located to the rear of the North Building of the property.

Received
19 February 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
Agent
Gerald Eve LLP
  1. Received19 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Alexandra Buildings Palace Street London SW1E 5HW. Westminster has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Birdcage Walk conservation area, with 3 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 526 applications in total for the SW1E postcode area.

88% of amendment 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
SW1E 5HW
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
63

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2016
Target decision date
15 April 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gerald Eve LLP
Agent address
72 Welbeck Street London W1G 0AY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04794333
Comments
0
Documents
43

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Birdcage Walk
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: Development Site At North, South, Alexandra And Mews Buildings At Castle Lane And Palace…Register site at or near this address · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 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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© 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.

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Source: Westminster

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