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Basement And Ground Floor Shop 45 South Molton Street London W1K 5RT

23/03302/TCHApplic. for tables and chairsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 9 August 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Variation of condition 2 of planning permission dated 12 April 2023 (RN:22/06428/TCH) for use of an area of the public highway measuring 4.67m x 3 m for the placing of 6 tables, 8 chairs, 2 benches and use in connection with the adjacent coffee shop. NAMELY, more efficient layout for the proposed external seating area comprising of 9 tables and 18 chairs ( Application made under S73 of the Act).

Received
17 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
West End
Agent
SMB Town Planning Ltd
  1. Received17 May
  2. Validated17 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Jul
  5. Decided9 Aug

Decided in 84 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Basement And Ground Floor Shop 45 South Molton Street London W1K 5RT. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Mayfair conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 484 applications across West End. We hold 886 applications in total for the W1K postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
W1K 5RT
Application type
Applic. for tables and chairs
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 May 2023
Consultation expiry
21 June 2023
Target decision date
12 July 2023
Decision issued
10 August 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
SMB Town Planning Ltd
Agent address
Suite 10 Compass Close Edgware Middlesex HA8 8HU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 May 2023
Advertisement expiry
21 June 2023
Site notice start
22 May 2023
Site notice end
12 June 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12164405
Comments
0
Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Mayfair
  • Listed building: Grade II: 14-16, South Molton Street W1On this site · +17 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: Development Site Bound By Brook Street, Davies Street And South Molton Lane (excluding 58…Register 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.

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