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79, Chester Square, SW1W 9DU

25/00587/ADFULLApproval of details reserved by a condition (discharge)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 14 February 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Details of the new basement staircase pursuant to condition 5 (iv) of planning permission dated 05 January 2023 (RN: 22/05927/FULL).

Submitted
29 January 2025
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided14 Feb

Decided in 16 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at 79, Chester Square, SW1W 9DU. Westminster has handled 1,733 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 5 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Belgravia conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across KBW_22. We hold 1,478 applications in total for the SW1W postcode area.

89% of approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge) 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
SW1W 9DU
Application type
Approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge)

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    29 Jan

    Details of the new basement staircase pursuant to condition 5 (iv) of planning permission dated 05 January…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions25/00587/ADFULL
  2. 2025
    28 Jan

    Details of contamination validation report pursuant to Condition 11 (Phase 4) of planning permission dated 05…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside25/00552/ADFULL

Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    20 Aug

    Details of a further noise report pursuant to condition 12 of planning permission dated 5th January 2023…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/05726/ADFULL
  2. 2026
    25 Jun

    Amendments to planning permission dated 5th January 2023 (RN:22/05927/FULL

    ApprovedNon-material amendment26/04196/NMA
  3. 2026
    25 Jun

    Removal of photovoltaic panels from the south-west facing mansard slope and installation of photovoltaic…

    ApprovedListed building consent26/04198/LBC
  4. 2026
    25 Jun

    Detailed drawings and the manufacturers specification; of the photovoltaic panels that will be used on main…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/04197/ADFULL
  5. 2026
    7 May

    Details of new interior, which must be appropriate to the period of the building and their location; pursuant…

    ApprovedListed building consent26/02994/ADLBC
  6. 2026
    7 May

    Details of new interior, which must be appropriate to the period of the building and their location; pursuant…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/02993/ADFULL

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