Corus Hotel 1 - 7 Lancaster Gate London W2 3LG

23/04680/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 13 December 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

External and internal reconfiguration and refurbishment of public areas and back of house areas at ground floor and basement levels. (Linked with 23/04681/LBC)

Received: 7 July 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: Lancaster Gate
Agent: Unwin Jones Partnership

ReceivedReceived7 Jul
ValidatedValidated14 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date8 Sep
DecidedDecided13 Dec

Decided in 152 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Corus Hotel 1 - 7 Lancaster Gate London W2 3LG. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 159 days, 16 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Bayswater conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 67 applications across Lancaster Gate. We hold 3,422 applications in total for the W2 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: W2 3LG
Application type: Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 July 2023
Consultation expiry: 16 August 2023
Target decision date: 8 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: Unwin Jones Partnership
Architect profile: UNWIN JONES LIMITED
Agent address: Unwin Jones Partnership Bridge Lane Studio Caldewgate CARLISLE CA2 5SS

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 26 July 2023
Advertisement expiry: 16 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12297763
Comments: 0
Documents: 31

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Bayswater
Listed building: Grade II: 1-9, Lancaster Gate W2On this site · +1 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Tree Preservation Order: Ref W344Protected tree on or next to this site · +3 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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