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Development Site At 55-58 Pall Mall And 1-4 Crown Passage London

22/02609/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 31 August 2022

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Variation of condition 22 of planning permission dated 07 December 2020 (20/03048/FULL as amended by 22/01515/NMA) for 'Demolition of 55-58 Pall Mall and 1-4 Crown Passage, and erection of a new building with a part retained facade comprising basement, ground and six upper floors plus mezzanine with a new raised height mansard roof level, to provide office (Class B1) use at basement, part ground to seventh floor level, and provision of two flexible retail/ restaurant (Class A1/ A3) units at part ground level. Creation of terraces at 5th, 6th floor level and 6th floor mezzanine level, installation of plant, and provision of cycle parking spaces and facilities'. Namely, to allow minor amendments including retaining the foundations and basement slab structure; removing the below slab attenuation tank and replacing with blue roofs and a rainwater harvesting system; adjusting the location of unroofed plant and removing plant areas away from Pall Mall frontage; moving the fire-fighting stair location from the Pall Mall frontage; increasing the rear massing (an increase by 750mm); increase in sixth floor area; and revising the ground and basement floor layouts.

Received
19 April 2022
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
St James's
  1. Received19 Apr
  2. Validated19 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Jun
  5. Decided31 Aug

Decided in 134 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Development Site At 55-58 Pall Mall And 1-4 Crown Passage London. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 134 days, 12 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 475 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
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 April 2022
Target decision date
14 June 2022

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gerald Eve
Agent address
72 Welbeck Street London W1G 0AY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11090298
Documents
73

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St James's
  • Listed building: Grade II: 19, Crown PassageOn or next to this site · +5 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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    Variation of condition 22 of planning permission dated 07 December 2020 (20/03048/FULL

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)22/02609/FULL

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