Old Admiralty Building Spring Gardens London SW1A 2AH

17/06717/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 6 September 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Amendments to the direction of fall from the inner courtyard cornice away from the building face and cover with lead as the existing, safety access bolts to the building face to facilitate improved maintenance of the fabric and a low level platform within the turret, make safe shrapnel damage from the war (not stone replacement ), and changes in the pigeon deterrents to the light wells.

Received: 27 July 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived27 Jul
ValidatedValidated27 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date21 Sep
DecidedDecided6 Sep

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Old Admiralty Building Spring Gardens London SW1A 2AH. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitehall conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 15 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,261 applications in total for the SW1A 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: SW1A 2AH
Application type: Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 July 2017
Consultation expiry: 1 September 2017
Target decision date: 21 September 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent: BDP
Agent address: 158 Edmund Street Birmingham Birmingham B3 2HB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 11 August 2017
Advertisement expiry: 1 September 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-06251240
Comments: 0
Documents: 42

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Whitehall
Listed building: Grade II: Civil Service Department Offices (Former Admiralty Offices)On this site · +4 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Registered park and garden: St James'S ParkPart of the site

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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Associated applications

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Amendments to the direction of fall from the inner courtyard cornice away from the building face and cover…
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2017
27 Jul
Amendments to the direction of fall from the inner courtyard cornice away from the building face and cover…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside17/06718/LBC

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14 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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