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23 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6LB

17/05135/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 19 December 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of Conditions 1,4,7 of planning permission dated 14 December 2016 (RN 16/09448/FULL) for the installation of two air conditioning condenser units within acoustic enclosure; introduction of access door to the rear first floor terrace; and introduction of new louvred grilles to the rear elevation from RN 16/09448/FULL NAMELY, to vary drawings and other documents to install an additional air-conditioning unit within the plant enclosure at rear first floor terrace level, to provide a section through the acoustic enclosure and to allow one of the air-conditioning units to operate 24 hours a day/7 days a week.

Received
9 June 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
St James's
Agent
DP9 Ltd
  1. Received9 Jun
  2. Validated23 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Aug
  5. Decided19 Dec

Decided in 179 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 23 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6LB. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 193 days, 21 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Birdcage Walk conservation area. 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.

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
SW1E 6LB
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 June 2017
Consultation expiry
28 July 2017
Target decision date
18 August 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
DP9 Ltd
Agent address
100 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 July 2017
Advertisement expiry
28 July 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06072807
Documents
17

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 or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: Eggington House 25-28 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6LDRegister 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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