26 St James's Place London SW1A 1NH

23/08179/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 29 January 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Internal alterations to the Garden Flat.

Received: 24 November 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's
Agent: Maddox and Associates Ltd

ReceivedReceived24 Nov
ValidatedValidated24 Nov
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date19 Jan
DecidedDecided29 Jan

Decided in 66 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 26 St James's Place London SW1A 1NH. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 2 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,261 applications in total for the SW1A 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: SW1A 1NH
Application type: Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 24 November 2023
Consultation expiry: 10 January 2024
Target decision date: 19 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: Maddox and Associates Ltd
Agent address: 33 Broadwick Street London W1F 0DQ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 20 December 2023
Advertisement expiry: 10 January 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12512683
Documents: 18

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: St James's
Listed building: Grade II*: 26, St James'S PlaceOn this site · +2 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+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.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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