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88 St James's Street London SW1A 1PL

16/01952/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 29 April 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of external lighting to east, south and west facades; within window reveals, stone architraves and pilasters together with uplighters at street level.

Received
4 March 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received4 Mar
  2. Validated4 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target29 Apr
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at 88 St James's Street London SW1A 1PL. Westminster has handled 2,677 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 St James's conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 18 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.

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
4 March 2016
Consultation expiry
15 April 2016
Target decision date
29 April 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
GVA
Agent address
65 Gresham Street London EC2V 7NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 March 2016
Advertisement expiry
15 April 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04881594
Comments
0
Documents
22

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*: 87 and 88, St James'S Street Sw1On this site · +2 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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Associated applications

  1. 2016
    4 Mar

    Installation of external lighting to east, south and west facades; within window reveals, stone architraves…

    ApprovedApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside16/01951/FULL
  2. 2016
    4 Mar

    Installation of external lighting to east, south and west facades; within window reveals, stone architraves…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent16/01952/LBC

Planning history at this site

17 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2015
    16 Dec

    Variation of Conditions 1 and 5 of planning permission dated 21 October 2014 (RN : 14/06140

    ApprovedListed building consent15/11717/LBC
  2. 2015
    16 Dec

    Variation of Condition 1 of listed building consent dated 21 October 2014 (RN : 14/01640

    WithdrawnListed building consent15/11712/LBC
  3. 2015
    10 Dec

    Variation of Conditions 1, 10 and 11(v) of planning permission dated 21 October 2014 (RN : 14/06126

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)15/11524/FULL
  4. 2015
    10 Dec

    Variation of Conditions 1 and 11(v) of planning permission dated 21 October 2014 (RN : 14/01626

    WithdrawnVariation of conditions (s73)15/11523/FULL
  5. 2013
    20 Dec

    Variation of Condition 1 of listed building consent dated 17 December 2013 (12/10955

    ApprovedListed building consent14/00244/LBC
  6. 2013
    20 Dec

    Variation of Condition 1 (plan numbers condition) of planning permission dated 1 March 2013 (RN: 12/10952

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)13/12921/FULL

Source: Westminster

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