55 Whitehall London SW1A 2EY

23/08377/ADLBCApproval of Details (ADLBC)Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 3 January 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Details of proposed vent grilles for the interiors pursuant to condition 8(b) of listed building consent dated 21 April 2023 (RN: 23/00892/LBC).

Received: 4 December 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived4 Dec
ValidatedValidated4 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date29 Jan
DecidedDecided3 Jan

Decided in 30 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 55 Whitehall London SW1A 2EY. Westminster has handled 3,063 applications of this type. This one was decided in 30 days, 3 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitehall conservation area, with 12 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 1,263 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.

92% of conditions 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 2EY
Application type: Approval of Details (ADLBC)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 4 December 2023
Target decision date: 29 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: Atkins
Agent address: 500 Parkavenue Aztec West Almonsbury Bristol BS32 4RZ England

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12650112
Comments: 0
Documents: 3

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Whitehall
Listed building: Grade II*: Government Offices, Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food Government Offices, Minist…On or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed

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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Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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