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18 Abbey Gardens London NW8 9AT

23/05048/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 30 October 2023

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Erection of a single storey rear extension at first floor level and associated works. (Linked with 23/05049/LBC)

Received
21 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Abbey Road
Agent
Coffey Architects
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated2 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Sep
  5. Decided30 Oct

Decided in 89 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 18 Abbey Gardens London NW8 9AT. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 7 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St John's Wood conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 113 applications across Abbey Road. We hold 2,753 applications in total for the NW8 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
NW8 9AT
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 August 2023
Consultation expiry
6 September 2023
Target decision date
27 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Coffey Architects
Agent address
Coffey Architects Ltd Great Sutton Street Islington London EC1V 0BX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
16 August 2023
Advertisement expiry
6 September 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12169297
Documents
27

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St John's Wood
  • Listed building: Grade II: 8-48, Abbey Gardens Nw8On or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: 1-47 And 2-56 Abbey Gardens, NW8+1 more
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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
    21 Jul

    Erection of a single storey rear extension at first floor level and associated works. (Linked with…

    This applicationRefusedFull23/05048/FULL
  2. 2023
    21 Jul

    Erection of a single storey rear extension at first floor level and associated works. (Linked with…

    RefusedListed building consentPart of23/05049/LBC

Source: Westminster

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