Telephone Box Opposite HM Treasury Great George Street London
Refused on 27 April 2018
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Use of BT telephone box as 1no. retail unit (Class A1).
- Received
- 2 October 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 9
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- ReceivedReceived2 Oct
- ValidatedValidated5 Oct
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date30 Nov
- DecidedDecided27 Apr
Decided in 204 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Telephone Box Opposite HM Treasury Great George Street London. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 207 days, 23 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitehall conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's.
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
- Application type
- Application for full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 October 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 10 November 2017
- Target decision date
- 30 November 2017
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Red Kiosk Company
- Agent address
- Suite 18, Sussex Innovation Centre Science Park Square Falmer Brighton BN1 9SB
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 20 October 2017
- Advertisement expiry
- 10 November 2017
Appeal
- Appeal status
- Appeal decided
- Appeal result
- Appeal Dismissed
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-06427936
- Documents
- 24
Site constraints
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*: New Government Offices (HM Treasury) and archway link with Foreign Office at east end of…On this site · +2 more
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
- Brownfield land register: 8-10 Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AERegister 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.
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