35 - 37 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3PE

25/00067/NMANon-material amendmentsApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 20 February 2025

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Proposal

Design amendments to planning permission (23/06997/FULL) for partial demolition, alterations and extension to existing building for use for non-residential education purposes (Class F1) including associated hard and soft landscaping, roof plant and associated works.

Received: 7 January 2025
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived7 Jan
ValidatedValidated16 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date13 Feb
DecidedDecided20 Feb

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at 35 - 37 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3PE. Westminster has handled 604 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 Strand conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 131 applications in total for the WC2A postcode area.

88% of amendment 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: WC2A 3PE
Application type: Non-material amendments
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 16 January 2025
Target decision date: 13 February 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Lichfields
Agent address: The Minster Building 21 Mincing Lane London EC3R 7AG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 28 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-13641525
Comments: 0
Documents: 31

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Strand
Listed building: Grade II*: The Royal College of SurgeonsOn this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
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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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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