58 Bell Street London NW1 6SP
Refused on 9 August 2023
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Excavation of a basement beneath rear section of the building and lowering of existing basement to create 2 bedroom flat (Class C3); Formation of lightwell with railings to the Lisson Street frontage; installation of sun tubes to second floor flat roof and associated external alterations.
- Received
- 22 February 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- Church Street
- Agent
- Planning Architecture Ltd
- ReceivedReceived22 Feb
- ValidatedValidated16 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date11 Aug
- DecidedDecided9 Aug
Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 58 Bell Street London NW1 6SP. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 168 days, 17 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Lisson Grove conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Church Street. We hold 3,180 applications in total for the NW1 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
- NW1 6SP
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 June 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 19 July 2023
- Target decision date
- 11 August 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Planning Architecture Ltd
- Agent address
- 71-75 Shelton Street London WC2H 9JQ
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 28 June 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 19 July 2023
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Lisson Grove
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
- 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.
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
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201815 Feb
Excavation to enlarge existing basement to provide additional office floorspace (Class B1).
ApprovedApplication for full Planning Permission18/01419/FULL - 200917 Dec
Use of ground floor rear office as self-contained one bed studio flat.
ApprovedApplication for full Planning Permission09/10226/FULL
Source: Westminster
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