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31 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W 0PP

17/09360/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 6 February 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Use of ground floor as a champagne bar ancillary to Rubens Hotel (Class C1).

Received
23 October 2017
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
Agent
Montagu Evans LLP
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided6 Feb

Decided in 102 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 31 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W 0PP. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 106 days, 8 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in 8 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. We hold 1,477 applications in total for the SW1W 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
SW1W 0PP
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2017
Consultation expiry
1 December 2017
Target decision date
22 December 2017

Applicant and agent

Agent
Montagu Evans LLP
Agent address
5 Bolton Street London W1J 8BA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
10 November 2017
Advertisement expiry
1 December 2017

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-06332533
Comments
0
Documents
20

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
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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