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2 Savoy Court London WC2R 0EZ

23/00663/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 27 March 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retention of replacement air handling unit within existing rooftop plant enclosure.

Received
2 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
St James's
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated14 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target11 Apr
  5. Decided27 Mar

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 2 Savoy Court London WC2R 0EZ. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Savoy conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 186 applications in total for the WC2R 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
WC2R 0EZ
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 February 2023
Consultation expiry
22 March 2023
Target decision date
11 April 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Knight Frank
Agent address
Knight Frank 55 Baker Street London W1U 8AN

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 March 2023
Advertisement expiry
22 March 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-11833845
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Savoy
  • Listed building: Grade II: 89 to 95 (consec) Strand, including Nos 2 and 3 Savoy CourtOn this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 2 Savoy Court London WC2R 0EZRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    2 Feb

    Retention of replacement air handling unit within existing rooftop plant enclosure.

    This applicationApprovedFull23/00663/FULL
  2. 2023
    2 Feb

    Retention of replacement air handling unit within existing rooftop plant enclosure.

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside23/00664/LBC

Source: Westminster

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