Decision details

Demolition of existing building and excavation at basement level, and redevelopment to provide a new building comprising basement, ground and four upper floors, with retail (Class A1) use at part ground floor and part basement level and office use (Class B1) at part ground floor and part basement and at upper levels.

Late representations were received from John Forde, Churchwarden – All Saints’ Margaret Street (01.12.2017).

The presenting officer tabled the following changes to the draft decision notices:

“Planning permission: Amended condition 9 (changes in bold text)

9.    You must apply to us for approval of detailed drawings at scales of 1:20 and 1:5 (as appropriate) of the following parts of the development:

1. Typical details of facades at all levels.

2.  Ground floor Wells Street frontage (including entrance gates)

3. Existing and proposed sections through the east wall of All Saints Church clearly showing the line of the abutment and section details through the line of abutment at the larger scale

4. Existing and proposed elevations looking east showing the wall to the courtyard to the north east of All Saints Church showing the extent of new work and showing how the windows relate to the north wall of the chancel.

You must not start any work on these parts of the development until we have approved what you have sent us.

You must then carry out the work according to these approved details.

Reason:

To protect the special architectural or historic interest of this listed building and to make sure the development contributes to the character and appearance of the East Marylebone Conservation Area. This is as set out in S25 and S28 of Westminster's City Plan (November 2016) and DES 1, DES 10 (A) and paras 10.108 to 10.146 of our Unitary Development Plan that we adopted in January 2007.

Additional Informative

11. The east wall of the church is consecrated and therefore subject to the jurisdiction of the Consistory Court of the Diocese of London, and any work undertaken to or attached to this wall would first require a Faculty from the Chancellor under Care of Churches and Ecclesiastical Jurisdiction Measure 1991 and the Faculty Rules 2015.”

RESOLVED:

1.         conditional permission as amended and conditional listed building   consent be granted.

2.         That the reasons for granting listed building consent as set out in Informative 1 of the draft decision letter be agreed.