Sanctuary Buildings 20 Great Smith Street London SW1P 3BT

17/09876/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 13 June 2018

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Demolition of roof plant room and roof light structure; construction of office (B1) floor at level 9 with plant above; remodelling of mansard at level 8; installation of window openings at Abbey Orchard Street elevation; alterations to Great Smith Street elevation at ground floor level; change of use to caf? (A3) at part ground floor level; and associated internal alterations [Site includes Sanctuary Buildings, Orchard House and Park House].

Received: 6 November 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived6 Nov
ValidatedValidated16 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date11 Jan
DecidedDecided13 Jun

Decided in 209 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Sanctuary Buildings 20 Great Smith Street London SW1P 3BT. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 219 days, 24 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P 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: SW1P 3BT
Application type: Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 November 2017
Target decision date: 11 January 2018

Applicant and agent

Agent: CBRE
Agent address: Henrietta House Henrietta Place London W1G0NB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-06454037
Comments: 0
Documents: 41

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)
Conservation area: Westminster Abbey And Parliament Square
Listed building: Grade II: Orchard HouseOn this site · +3 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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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Associated applications

2017
6 Nov
Demolition of roof plant room and roof light structure; construction of office (B1) floor at level 9 with…
ApprovedApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside17/09875/FULL
2017
6 Nov
Demolition of roof plant room and roof light structure; construction of office (B1) floor at level 9 with…
This applicationApprovedListed building consent17/09876/LBC

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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