33 St James's Square London SW1Y 4JS

23/08888/ADLBCApproval of Details (ADLBC)Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 January 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Detailed drawings showing omission of proposed decking to lower ground floor level front lightwell and retention of stone paving pursuant to Condition 12 of listed building consent dated 30 October 2020 (RN 20/03223/LBC).

Received: 15 December 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's
Agent: Gerald Eve LLP

ReceivedReceived15 Dec
ValidatedValidated15 Dec
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date9 Feb
DecidedDecided16 Jan

Decided in 32 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 33 St James's Square London SW1Y 4JS. Westminster has handled 3,063 applications of this type. This one was decided in 32 days, 2 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 474 applications across St James's. We hold 969 applications in total for the SW1Y 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: SW1Y 4JS
Application type: Approval of Details (ADLBC)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 December 2023
Target decision date: 9 February 2024

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
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*: 33, ST JAMES'S SQUARE SW1 (See details for further address information)On this site · +1 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.

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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This applicationApprovedListed building consent23/08888/ADLBC

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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