14 St James's Square London SW1Y 4LG

17/05358/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 9 August 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Installation of three non-illuminated display boxes attached to the railings at The London Library facing St James's Square. Linked to 17/05353/ADV

Received: 15 June 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's
Agent: Haworth Tompkins Ltd

ReceivedReceived15 Jun
ValidatedValidated22 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date17 Aug
DecidedDecided9 Aug

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 14 St James's Square London SW1Y 4LG. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 474 applications across St James's. We hold 969 applications in total for the SW1Y 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: SW1Y 4LG
Application type: Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 22 June 2017
Consultation expiry: 4 August 2017
Target decision date: 17 August 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent: Haworth Tompkins Ltd
Architect profile: HAWORTH TOMPKINS LIMITED
Agent address: Haworth Tompkins 33 Greenwood Place London NW5 1LB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 14 July 2017
Advertisement expiry: 4 August 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-06155818
Comments: 0
Documents: 12

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: London LibraryOn this site · +3 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.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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