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Basement And Ground Floor 28-32 St Martin's Court London WC2N 4AL

23/08953/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 22 February 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Variation of condition 4 of planning permission dated 05 January 2022 (RN: 21/07975/FULL) which itself varied condition 4 of planning permission dated 21 January 2020 (RN: 19/09112/FULL) for use of an area of public highway measuring 2.1m x 32.19m for the placing of 23 tables and 46 chairs, 9 barriers, 3 waiter stations, 15 moveable planters, 1 crustacean display and 2 bus trays and shelf racks and 2 portable heaters or 25 tables and 50 chairs, 9 barriers, 3 waiter stations, 15 moveable planters, 1 crustacean display and 2 bus trays and shelf racks in association with the ground floor restaurant, namely to extend the period to place the furniture on the public highway for a further 2 years: NAMELY; to extend use of the public highway for a further 2 year period.

Received
29 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
St James's
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Mar
  5. Decided22 Feb

Decided in 24 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Basement And Ground Floor 28-32 St Martin's Court London WC2N 4AL. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Covent Garden 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 300 applications in total for the WC2N postcode area.

86% of full 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
WC2N 4AL
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2024
Consultation expiry
21 February 2024
Target decision date
25 March 2024
Permission expires
28 February 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Poppleston Allen
Agent address
The Stanley Building 7 Pancras Square London N1C 4AG

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
31 January 2024
Advertisement expiry
21 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12702128
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Covent Garden
  • Listed building: Grade II: Two lamp posts outside 7 and 21 Cecil CourtOn or next to this site · +3 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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Associated applications

  1. 2026
    24 Feb

    Variation of Condition 4 of planning permission dated 22 February 2024 (23/08953/FULL

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/01156/FULL
  2. 2023
    29 Dec

    Variation of condition 4 of planning permission dated 05 January 2022 (RN: 21/07975/FULL

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)23/08953/FULL

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