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Permitted23/02017/COFULSubmitted 3 years agoSwimming pool

Seymour Place Westminster W1H 5TJ

Refurbishment and upgrade of the Seymour Centre to provide leisure, swimming pool, library, flexible community/office space, health and fitness studios, beauty treatment rooms and a cafe. Flexible use for leisure, community and events spaces (Sui Generis). Refurbishment works to include: removal of the redundant swimming pool tank to facilitate the fitness suite at lower ground floor, relining the existing pool tank, installation of photovoltaics on the inner roof slope and installation of an ETFE 'pillow' roof above the former courtyard and proposed soft play area, removal of the existing roof lanterns and wind catchers in the sports hall to be replaced with new double glazed roof lanterns and wind catchers and installation of secondary glazing to all the windows in the sports hall, removal of roof lantern above swimming pool to be replaced with a new double glazed roof lantern, removal and replacement of existing plant, provision of external private roof terrace (restricted access), minor internal alterations to walls and partitions to facilitate the reconfiguration of uses, improve accessibility with one lift in each core (4 lifts in total plus three platform lifts at first floor) and two new internal upper staircases on the eastern elevation plus two new internal staircases on the south-west of the first floor, external alterations to some windows and fenestration, and provision of cycle parking and waste and recycling facilities.

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Progress

Submitted
27 Mar 2023
— completed
Validated
27 Mar 2023
— completed
Consultation
20 Jul 2023
— completed
Target date
22 May 2023
— completed
Decided
17 Jul 2023
— completed

Application details

Reference
23/02017/COFUL
Local authority
Westminster
Postcode
W1H 5TJ
Ward
MBW_22
Application type
All Other
Property type
Commercial

Key dates

Submitted
27 Mar 2023
Validated
27 Mar 2023
Comments close
20 Jul 2023
Target decision
22 May 2023
Decided
17 Jul 2023

Estimated project value

£54k–£160k

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: trade estimate.

Floor area gained: 6,109.5m²

Recently sold nearby

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 £885,000 — the median of the last 7 market sales in W1H (the wider postcode district), £500,000 to £1,500,000.

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