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Church Street Sites A, B And C London

21/04197/EIASCOEIA Scoping OpinionApproved
Outline / PiP

Approved on 3 September 2021

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Request for a scoping opinion under Regulation 15 of The Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 for regeneration of three sites across three phases including demotions of existing buildings and structures, approximately 1,200 residential units to be delivered across Sites A, B and C, approximately 3,200 sqm of commercial area to be delivered across Sites A, B and C, approximately 800 sqm of community area to be delivered across Sites A and B, van parking spaces, market storage units, accessible and standard parking spaces, approximately 1,400 sqm of associated public realm improvements (through the introduction of New Street Gardens), approximately 2,000 sqm of communal amenity area for residents; and new layout, pedestrian focussed highway design and upgraded infrastructure on Church Street.

Received
18 June 2021
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
Church Street
Agent
AECOM Limited
  1. Received18 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Jul
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 77 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Church Street Sites A, B And C London. Westminster has handled 218 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Church Street.

82% of outline 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
EIA Scoping Opinion
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
1200

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 June 2021
Target decision date
16 July 2021

Applicant and agent

Agent
AECOM Limited
Agent address
Aldgate Tower 2 Leman Street London E1 8FA

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Documents
20

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Westminster

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