Part Basement, Ground Floor And Part Mezzanine Floor British Columbia House 1 - 3 Regent Street London SW1Y 4NR Data via plota.co.uk
25/06651/LBC - Listed Building Consent Application
Refused
Proposal
Minor internal works to two sets of doors at ground floor level. Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
17 Sept 2025
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Refused
17 Oct 2025
Appeal
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Refused on 17 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
Documents 15
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 6
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EXISTING DOUBLE DOORS
Drawing · 17 Sept 2025
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PROPOSED DOUBLE DOORS
Drawing · 17 Sept 2025
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DETAILS OF PROPOSED EQUIPMENT
Drawing · 17 Sept 2025
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GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Drawing · 17 Sept 2025
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CROSS CORRIDOR DOOR - EXISTING AND PROPOSED
Drawing · 17 Sept 2025
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LOCATION PLAN
Drawing · 17 Sept 2025
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Application forms 2
Site constraints 13
Grade II listed: British Columbia House
List entry 1274608 · The pin is inside its outline · 34 more listed buildings within 150 m (6 Grade I, 5 Grade II*, 23 Grade II)
Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show the other 34 with distances
- 34 m11, 12, 14, 16 17, WATERLOO PLACE SW1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 43 mCarlton HouseGrade II
- 47 m7-9, Babmaes Street Sw1Grade II
- 50 m33, ST JAMES'S SQUARE SW1 (See details for further address information)Grade II*
- 50 m7-9, WATERLOO PLACE SW1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 53 m4, St James's Square Sw1Grade II*
- 65 mLondon HouseGrade II*
- 70 mDorland HouseGrade II
- 74 m15, Lower Regent Street Sw1Grade II
- 82 mWentworth HouseGrade II*
- 83 mRoyal Opera Arcades (including No 24 Charles II Street and No 5B Pall Mall)Grade I
- 90 mHer Majesty's TheatreGrade II*
- 98 mParamount and Universal CinemasGrade II
- 101 mCrusader HouseGrade II
- 102 mThe Guards Crimean War MemorialGrade II
- 103 mThe former Carlton TheatreGrade II
- 104 m2 Lampstandards Numbered 8 and 9 Flanking Crimean War MemorialGrade II
- 105 mNew Zealand HouseGrade II
- 112 mStatue of Florence NightingaleGrade II
- 113 mStatue of Lord Herbert of LeaGrade II
- 115 m7, St James's Square Sw1Grade II
- 116 mLampstandard, Numbered 10 on South End of Crimean War MemorialGrade II
- 117 m111 and 112, Jermyn Street Sw1Grade II
- 121 m31a, St James's Square Sw1Grade II
- 123 m22, LOWER REGENT STREET SW1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 126 mMounting Block on Kerb in Front of Number 7Grade II
- 137 mThe AthenaeumGrade I
- 140 m106, Jermyn Street Sw1Grade II
- 140 mThe Travellers ClubGrade I
- 141 m27-37, LOWER REGENT STREET SW1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 144 m24-36, Lower Regent Street Sw1Grade II
- 145 mInstitute of DirectorsGrade I
- 146 mStatue of William Iii (in Centre of Square)Grade I
- 146 mThe Reform ClubGrade I
Regent Street conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
2 Article 4 directions
Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed · Article 4 Direction Class E To C3 In Central Activities Zone. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Protected view corridor: 4A.2 Primrose Hill summit to the Palace of Westminster
Inside the landmark viewing corridor of a protected vista. A building that rises above the corridor's threshold height should be refused. How high that is depends on where along the view the site is.
The London Plan (policy HC4) designates strategic views, and the Mayor's London View Management Framework (March 2012) gives 13 of them a protected vista toward St Paul's Cathedral, the Palace of Westminster or the Tower of London. A vista has a threshold height that rises or falls with the line of sight. In the landmark viewing corridor, a building above it would harm the view and should be refused. In the wider setting consultation area around the corridor, a building above it is referred for consultation and its effect on the view is judged. The threshold changes along each view and is set out in the framework. A revised framework is out for consultation until 4 December 2026 and is not yet in force.
Archaeological priority area: City of Westminster APA 2.5
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
Air quality management area: Westminster AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
National infrastructure project 312 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 312 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, 92 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Town centre: West End
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Central activities zone
The core of central London in the London Plan.
Offices, culture and the other strategic functions of the centre take priority over new housing here.
Registered park or garden 98 m away: St James's Square
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Also on the record
Inside the City of Westminster built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site
Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
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Important details
- Council
- Westminster
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent Application
- Postcode
- SW1Y 4NR
- Received
- 17 Sept 2025
- Validated
- 17 Sept 2025
- Ward
- St James's
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 12 Nov 2025
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Decision date
- 17 Oct 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Donald Insall Associates
How this decision compares
Decided in 30 days from validation, 27 days faster than Westminster's median of 57 for listed building works. Refused, as 10% of listed building works here are.
This one30d
Council57d
UK57d
49%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
2,227decided in the last year
Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Westminster in the last twelve months, from validation. Westminster decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 18 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14337115
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14337115
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
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Westminster
Planning Authority Score
3.5/10
Below average
#221 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions
Westminster is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #258 out of 296. Only 28% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Westminster is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 81% approved vs 90% nationally.
One of the strictest councils
only 81% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application.
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Westminster decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #201 of 296
81%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #277 of 296
44%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #258 of 296
28%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #46 of 296
83%
Minor dwellings approved
12 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
133 decided
4,602
Total decisions
648 refused in the year to March 2026
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