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53 Whitehall London SW1A 2HP

17/07989/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 20 October 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Use of two areas for the Public Highway measuring 4m x 1.5m and 3.7m x 1.5m for the placing of 4 tables and 12 chairs for use in connection with the Clarence Public House.

Received
6 September 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated6 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target1 Nov
  5. Decided20 Oct

Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 53 Whitehall London SW1A 2HP. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 5 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 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.

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 2HP
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 September 2017
Consultation expiry
6 October 2017
Target decision date
1 November 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Young & Co.'s Brewery P.L.C
Agent address
Riverside House 26 Osiers Road Wandsworth LONDON SW18 1NH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 September 2017
Advertisement expiry
6 October 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06364085
Comments
0
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Trafalgar Square
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Westminster

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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