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Brick Court Chambers 7-8 Essex Street London WC2R 3AT

23/08191/NMANon-material amendmentsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 13 December 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Amendments to planning permission dated 08 March 2023 (RN: 22/07758/FULL) for 'Installation of a new door opening to the 5th floor roof terrace and installation of a grille to an existing window at the 5th floor of the west elevation'. Namely, addition of a new external ramp to allow for wheelchair access to and from the roof terrace on the fifth floor.

Received
24 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received24 Nov
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided13 Dec

Decided in 19 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Brick Court Chambers 7-8 Essex Street London WC2R 3AT. Westminster has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 4 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Strand conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 186 applications in total for the WC2R postcode area.

88% of amendment 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
WC2R 3AT
Application type
Non-material amendments
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2023
Target decision date
22 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Newsteer
Agent address
4th Floor 20 Farringdon Street London EC4A 4AB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12616204
Comments
0
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Strand
  • Listed building: Grade II: Cheshire Cheese Public HouseOn or next to this site · +1 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Westminster

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