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Airwork House 35 Piccadilly London

23/05723/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
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Approved on 1 March 2024

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Proposal

Variation of Condition 1, 14 and 15 and removal of condition 13 of planning permission (21/02681/FULL) dated 10 September 2021 which in turn permitted the removal of condition 12 and to vary conditions 5, 19 and 20 of planning permission dated 25 October 2018 (RN: 17/11171/FULL) for, 'Demolition and redevelopment of existing building to provide a new building comprising two sub-basement levels, ground and eight upper floors. Use of part basement and ground floor for retail (Class A1) purposes and use of part of rear ground floor as for either dual/alternative retail (Class A1) or restaurant (Class A3) purposes, use of the remainder of the building for office (Class B1) purposes. Installation of plant at sub-basement level -2, seventh, eighth and roof level. Creation of a terrace at eighth floor level'; NAMELY; for relocation of the office entrance, incorporation of a blue roof, reconfiguration of the commercial space at ground floor and alterations encompassing additional carbon savings to the façade including the degree of openability. increasing the extent of the approved basement, to allow primary cooking to be carried out within the flexible retail/ restaurant unit and for the flexible retail/ restaurant unit to be allowed to accommodate 40 customers and operate from 07:00 to 23:30 daily. (Application under Section 73 of the Act).

Received
17 August 2023
Public comments
2
Ward
West End
Agent
Gerald Eve LLP
  1. Received17 Aug
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Mar
  5. Decided1 Mar

Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Airwork House 35 Piccadilly London. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 197 days, 21 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Regent Street conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 8 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across West End.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 December 2023
Consultation expiry
11 October 2023
Target decision date
22 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gerald Eve LLP
Agent address
One Fitzroy 6 Mortimer Street London W1T 3JJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Publicity

Last advertised
20 September 2023
Advertisement expiry
11 October 2023
Site notice start
12 September 2023
Site notice end
3 October 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12101092
Documents
102

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Regent Street
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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