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22 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6PB

16/02037/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 18 April 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of condition 1 of listed building consent dated 09 October 2015 (RN: 15/05667/LBC) for variation of condition 1 of listed building consent dated 23 October 2013 (RN: 13/07900/LBC)) for partial demolition of existing building; alterations and extensions to the rear and roof of the building to provide seven self contained residential flats (class C3) comprising 1x1 bed, 4 x 2 bed and 2 x 3 bed units; namely, to incorporate a plant room in the basement and amend the location of the cycle parking spaces in the basement.

Received
19 February 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received19 Feb
  2. Validated19 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Apr
  5. Decided18 Apr

Decided in 59 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at 22 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6PB. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 59 days, 10 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Birdcage Walk conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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.

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
SW1E 6PB
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 February 2016
Consultation expiry
8 April 2016
Target decision date
15 April 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Savills
Agent address
33 Margaret Street London London W1G 0JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 March 2016
Advertisement expiry
8 April 2016

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: 22, Buckingham Gate Sw1On this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: Site At 18-19 Buckingham Gate LondonRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2016
    19 Feb

    Variation of condition 1 of planning permission dated 09 October 2015 (RN: 15/06271/FULL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside16/01495/FULL
  2. 2016
    19 Feb

    Variation of condition 1 of listed building consent dated 09 October 2015 (RN: 15/05667/LBC

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent16/02037/LBC

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