Buckingham Palace Buckingham Gate London SW1A 1AA
Approved on 14 November 2017
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Internal alterations to and refurbishment of the I. T. Suite.
- Received
- 26 September 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- ReceivedReceived26 Sep
- ValidatedValidated10 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date5 Dec
- DecidedDecided14 Nov
Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at Buckingham Palace Buckingham Gate London SW1A 1AA. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in the Royal Parks conservation area, with 9 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 1,263 applications in total for the SW1A 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
- SW1A 1AA
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 October 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 10 November 2017
- Target decision date
- 5 December 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Purcell
- Architect profile
- PURCELL LIMITED
- Agent address
- 9, The Precincts Canterbury CT1 2EE
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 20 October 2017
- Advertisement expiry
- 10 November 2017
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Royal Parks
- Listed building: Grade I: Buckingham Palace Gates, Railings, Piers and Gate Piers With Lamps Fronting Buckingham Ga…On this site · +4 more
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
- Brownfield land register: 4 - 5 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6JPRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (19)
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 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
- 201726 Sep
Internal alterations to and refurbishment of the I. T. Suite.
This applicationApprovedListed building consent17/08608/LBC - 201726 Sep
Variation of condition 1 of planning permission dated 05 April 2016 (RN: 15/12037/FULL
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside17/08614/FULL - 201726 Sep
Variation of condition 1 of listed building consent dated 05 April 2016 (RN: 15/12038/LBC
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside17/08710/LBC
Source: Westminster
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