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Westminster City School 51-57 Palace Street London SW1E 5HJ

17/08701/COADVAdvert Application Council's Own Dev.Approved
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Approved on 17 October 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Display of non-illuminated permanently applied stained brickwork advertisement incorporating Westminster City School logo along the southern boundary of the school measuring 6.35m x 6.10m.

Received
29 September 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received29 Sep
  2. Validated11 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Dec
  5. Decided17 Oct

Decided in 6 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Westminster City School 51-57 Palace Street London SW1E 5HJ. Westminster has handled 1,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 4 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. There have been 3 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.

87% of advertising 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 5HJ
Application type
Advert Application Council's Own Dev.
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 October 2017
Target decision date
6 December 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Lambert Smith Hampton
Architect profile
LAMBERT SMITH HAMPTON LIMITED
Agent address
180 Oxford Street LONDON W1D 1NN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06419505
Comments
0
Documents
12

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)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Birdcage WalkPart of the site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: Development Site At North, South, Alexandra And Mews Buildings At Castle Lane And Palace…Register site at or near this address · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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Source: Westminster

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