63 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6AS

17/10373/NMANon-material amendmentsApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 14 December 2017

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Amendments to planning permission dated 23 March 2015 (RN: 14/03631) for: Recladding and reconfiguration of the tower building to provide 65 residential flats, Class B1 office use and Class A1 retail. Construction of six storey building for B1 office use and Class A retail (A1 and A2 or A3) on Caxton Street and four storey building comprising B1 office use and Class A1 retail on Buckingham Gate. Retention of existing basement levels. Associated works including highway works, new mechanical plant, car and cycle parking provision and loading facilities, namely revised photovoltaic layout, increase in height of combined heat & power and boiler flues, alteration to perimeter of the roof level plant enclosure, waterproofing upstand and skylights, alteration to height of plant enclosure to Building A and raise height of coping to Building B by 70mm.

Received: 20 November 2017
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived20 Nov
ValidatedValidated20 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date18 Dec
DecidedDecided14 Dec

Decided in 24 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 63 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6AS. Westminster has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 4 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Broadway and Christchurch Gardens conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 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.

88% of amendment 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 6AS
Application type: Non-material amendments
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 65

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 November 2017
Target decision date: 18 December 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-06536750
Comments: 0
Documents: 18

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Broadway And Christchurch Gardens
Listed building: Grade II: The Albert Public HouseOn or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more

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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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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