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8 Cavendish Avenue London NW8 9JE

24/08781/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 16 May 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Excavation and construction of a new basement; use of the garage for additional internal accommodation; replacement of windows throughout (part-retrospective) and refurbishment of garden house; landscaping proposals to the front and rear gardens; and internal alterations to the property. (Linked with 24/08780/FULL)

Received
17 December 2024
Ward
Abbey Road
Agent
intu Design Architects Ltd
  1. Received17 Dec
  2. Validated2 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Feb
  5. Decided16 May

Decided in 134 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a garage at 8 Cavendish Avenue London NW8 9JE. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 150 days, 14 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St John's Wood conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There have been 20 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across Abbey Road. We hold 2,759 applications in total for the NW8 postcode area.

93% of heritage 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
NW8 9JE
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 January 2025
Target decision date
27 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
intu Design Architects Ltd
Architect profile
INTU DESIGN ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Riverbank House 1 Putney Bridge Approach Fulham SW6 3JD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13636378
Comments
0
Documents
33

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St John's Wood
  • Listed building: Grade II: 4-8, Cavendish Avenue Nw8On or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref STM18Part of the site · +4 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    20 Feb

    Excavation and construction of a new basement; use of the garage for additional internal accommodation…

    ApprovedListed building consent26/01096/LBC
  2. 2026
    20 Feb

    Excavation and construction of a new basement; use of the garage for additional internal accommodation…

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission Application26/01095/FULL
  3. 2026
    5 Feb

    3 - Silver Birch - Prune just distal to most recent reduction points; for safety and maintenance reasons, and…

    PendingApplication26/00689/TCA
  4. 2026
    5 Feb

    1 x silver birch (T3, rear): Crown reduce to the previous most recent reduction points, retaining selected…

    ApprovedApplic. for wks to trees subject to TPO26/00689/TPO
  5. 2025
    1 Aug

    Elevation and section drawings and details pursuant to condition 4 (window details), 10 (landscaping and…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/05626/ADLBC
  6. 2025
    15 May

    1 x mulberry (rear): Reduce to 8m in height and accordingly in spread -see image in report

    ApprovedApplication25/03310/TPO

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