Palace Of Westminster St Margaret Street London SW1P 3JX

23/08532/ADLBCApproval of Details (ADLBC)Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 5 January 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Detailed method statement and sample of finish to match original textured plaster, following development off the building. No cutting out of textured plaster to be done before approval pursuant to condition 2 (a) of listed building consent dated 6th May 2021 (RN:21/01536).

Received: 8 December 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived8 Dec
ValidatedValidated8 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date2 Feb
DecidedDecided5 Jan

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Palace Of Westminster St Margaret Street London SW1P 3JX. Westminster has handled 3,063 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 37 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P 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: SW1P 3JX
Application type: Approval of Details (ADLBC)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 8 December 2023
Target decision date: 2 February 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent address: 5/64S House of Commons Westminster London SW1A 0AA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12665164
Documents: 4

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Westminster Abbey And Parliament Square
Listed building: Grade I: Gates, Railings, Gate Piers to New Palace Yard, Houses of ParliamentOn this site · +4 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
World Heritage Site: Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, 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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20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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