1, Vincent Square, SW1P 2PN

25/02583/P3JPAPrior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)Approved

Prior approval

Approved on 13 June 2025

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Proposal

Notification for Prior Approval for the change of use from a use Class E to Class C3 (dwelling houses) to form 26 self-contained residential units under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA.

Submitted: 14 April 2025
Council: City of Westminster

ReceivedSubmitted14 Apr
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided13 Jun

Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 1, Vincent Square, SW1P 2PN. Westminster has handled 23 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Vincent Square conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 35 applications across VSW_22. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P postcode area.

57% of prior approval: change of use from commercial, business and service (use class e) to dwellinghouses (use class c3) 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: SW1P 2PN
Application type: Prior Approval: Change of use from Commercial, Business and Service (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3)

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Vincent Square
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Brownfield land register: 1 Vincent Square London SW1P 2PNRegister site at or near this address

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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12 other applications at this property, newest first.

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