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Permitted20/07858/FULLSubmitted 5 years agoLoft conversion

1 Chiltern Street Westminster W1U 7PA

Variation of Condition 21 of planning permission dated 28 March 2017 (RN: 14/11804/FULL) for 'Use of the fire station as a 26 bed hotel (Class C1). Demolition of part of the existing building at the rear, including demolition of enclosures in the ground floor and basement courtyards and demolition of the steel practice tower. Erection of a part three and five-storey wing to main building. Excavation of courtyard to create basement level accommodation, including plant room. Rear extensions to main building. External and internal alterations; namely minor internal alterations at ground to third floor, alterations to glazing at basement to third floor, raising parapet wall at ground and first floor (south elevation), addition of rooflight at 1st floor, double glazed windows within doors to terrace at 2nd floor, repositioned roof access hatch at fourth floor (roof), flue at roof level within recessed dormers (north west corner), omission of louvered roof grill, window cill droped to create doors at basement and ground floor'; NAMELY, to enable the courtyard for outside dining/drinking between the hours of 09:00 and 22:00 each day for a temporary period until 30 September 2021.

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Progress

Submitted
11 Dec 2020
— completed
Validated
11 Dec 2020
— completed
Consultation
9 Jan 2021
— completed
Target date
5 Feb 2021
— completed
Decided
14 May 2021
— completed

Application details

Reference
20/07858/FULL
Local authority
Westminster
Postcode
W1U 7PA
Ward
MHC_02
Application type
All Other
Property type
Commercial

Key dates

Submitted
11 Dec 2020
Validated
11 Dec 2020
Comments close
9 Jan 2021
Target decision
5 Feb 2021
Decided
14 May 2021

Estimated project value

£37k–£100k

Typical UK cost for this job type, at inner London rates (2026). Estimated from the proposal description — planning applications do not state build cost. Source: Checkatrade 2026 loft conversion cost guide.

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New owners, recently moved in. First work on a house usually follows within months of completing. 8 recent sales are listed below.

Homes here go for about £1,355,000 — the median of the last 8 market sales in W1U (the wider postcode district), £685,000 to £1,650,000.

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