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78 St James's Street London SW1A 1LF

24/00339/CLLBCert of Law - Prposed works to LBApproved

Approved on 24 January 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Fit out of the modern first floor office unit

Received
11 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
St James's
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated11 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Jan
  5. Decided24 Jan

Decided in 44 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 78 St James's Street London SW1A 1LF. Westminster has handled 27,078 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 5 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's 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 1,261 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SW1A 1LF
Application type
Cert of Law - Prposed works to LB
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 December 2023
Target decision date
22 January 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Avison Young
Agent address
65 Grehsam Street London EC2V 7NQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
42 days

Additional information

Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: St James's
  • Listed building: Grade II*: 74, St James Street Sw1On or next to this site
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Westminster

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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