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44 Portland Place London W1B 1NE

23/04692/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 11 October 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Structural repair works to the first floor.

Received
7 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
West End
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated21 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Oct
  5. Decided11 Oct

Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 44 Portland Place London W1B 1NE. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 7 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Harley Street conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 484 applications across West End. We hold 372 applications in total for the W1B postcode area.

93% of heritage 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
W1B 1NE
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 August 2023
Consultation expiry
27 September 2023
Target decision date
16 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Savills
Agent address
33 Margaret Street London W1G 0JD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
6 September 2023
Advertisement expiry
27 September 2023
Site notice start
24 August 2023
Site notice end
14 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12298497
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Harley Street
  • Listed building: Grade II*: 56 and 58, Portland Place W1On this site · +4 more
  • 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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