Westminster School 1 - 3 Little Dean's Yard London SW1P 3PF Data via plota.co.uk

25/06848/FULL - Full Planning Permission Application Approved

Proposal

Installation of rooflights, replacement staircase, alterations to internal partition walls, electrical and mechanical service upgrades, structural investigations and other associated works. (Linked with 25/06849/LBC) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

24 Sept 2025

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Approved

17 Nov 2025

Approved on 17 Nov 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Documents 43

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF GRANT OF FULL PP [PE] Decision Notice · 17 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 17 Nov 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 4

PDF DESIGN & ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access Statement · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT Heritage Statement · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF WGS PHASE 1 PLANNING STATEMENT FINAL Background Papers · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT Sustainability appraisal · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 22

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF HISTORIC ENGLAND COMMENT Consultee Comment · 21 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LETTER (21D) Background Papers · 2 Oct 2025 View ↗

Associated applications 2

FullApproved17 Nov 202525/06848/FULLThis application
Installation of rooflights, replacement staircase, alterations to internal partition walls, electrical and mechanical service…
Listed buildingApproved17 Nov 202525/06849/LBC
Installation of rooflights, replacement staircase, alterations to internal partition walls, electrical and mechanical service…

Site constraints 12

Grade II listed: Little Deans Yard

List entry 1357221 · The pin is inside its outline · 69 more listed buildings within 150 m (14 Grade I, 20 Grade II*, 35 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 69 with distances

6 mLittle Deans YardGrade I
11 mDean's YardGrade I
16 mDean's YardGrade I
31 mLittle Deans Yard (College of Westminster School)Grade I
41 mLamp post outside 22 Great College StreetGrade II
42 mLittle Dean's Yard Ashburnham HouseGrade I
43 mNo. 22 Great College Street (including St Edward's Chapel, Tufton Street)Grade II
45 mChurch HouseGrade II
47 mLittle Deans Yard Turle's HouseGrade II
48 mLamp post outside 4 Tufton StreetGrade II
49 mLittle Deans Yard Staircase to Doorway and Gateway to School and Busby LibraryGrade I
51 m19,19a and 20, Broad Sanctuary Sw1Grade I
52 mThe Great Cloisters,including St Faiths Chapel,the Chapter House,the Parlour,numbers 1 and 2 the Cloisters,the Dark Cloisters and Dormitory With the Chapel of St Dunstan (School and Busby Library)Grade I
52 mLamp post outside 20 Great College StreetGrade II
56 mClerk of the Works Office and the Remains of the Chapel of St Catherine Little Cloisters LodgingsGrade I
62 m19, Great College Street Sw1Grade II*
64 mFaith HouseGrade II
67 m17 and 18, Great College StreetGrade II*
72 m11-14, Barton Street Sw1Grade II*
75 m1, Barton Street Sw1Grade II*
75 m16, Great College Street Sw1Grade II*
76 mLamp post outside 16 Great College StreetGrade II
78 mAbbey (Canons') Garden 4 StatuesGrade II
86 mLamp post outside 3 Barton StreetGrade II
86 m3, Barton Street Sw1Grade II*
88 m10 Lamp Standards Round Central Green of Dean's YardGrade II
89 mThe Deanery and Sub Dean's Residence With the Jericho ParlourGrade I
89 mWestminster Abbey (The Collegiate Church of St Peter)Grade I
91 m9 and 10, Barton Street Sw1Grade II*
91 m4-6, Barton Street Sw1Grade II*
99 m2 and 3, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
99 mLamp post adjacent to 14 Great College StreetGrade II
101 mAbbey (Canons') GardenGrade II
102 m8, Barton Street Sw1Grade II
102 m1, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
103 mDeans Yard With Abbey ShopGrade II
105 m4, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II
107 mThe SanctuaryGrade II
108 mDean's YardGrade II
108 m3 Lamp Standards to South End Outside Number 5a and Church House,dean's YardGrade II
109 mChoir School and Deans YardGrade II
109 mFormer Dock Retaining Walls to Moat Around Jewel HouseGrade I
111 mLamp post outside 8 Barton StreetGrade II
113 mDean's YardGrade II
113 mThe Jewel House (Or Tower) of the Palace of WestminsterGrade I
114 mLamp post outside 1 Cowley StreetGrade II
115 m19, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
117 mAbbey Precinct WallGrade I
118 m18, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
119 mPark HouseGrade II
120 m16 and 17, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
120 m10-12, Little College Street Sw1Grade II
121 mWestminster Public LibraryGrade II
123 m15, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
125 m14, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
126 mDeans YardGrade II
126 mNumber 7 (Including Former Number 6)Grade II*
127 m13, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
131 mLamp post on corner of 3 Great College Street and 5 Little College StreetGrade II
133 mLamp post opposite 7 Cowley StreetGrade II
134 m9, Little College Street Sw1Grade II*
134 m1 and 2 Millbank, The Church Commissioners (including No 3 Great College Street, No 2 Great Peter Street and Nos 5 and 7 Little College Street)Grade II*
137 mOrchard HouseGrade II
137 mCorner HouseGrade II
138 m36-40, Great Smith Street Sw1Grade II
144 mLampstandard Numbered G1Grade II
145 mLamp post outside 12 Cowley StreetGrade II
146 mKnife Edge Two Piece SculptureGrade II*
149 mStatue of George VGrade II

Historic England ↗

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

World heritage site: Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church

Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Westminster Abbey And Parliament Square 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.

Council document ↗

Article 4 direction

Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed. 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.

Archaeological priority area: City of Westminster APA 1.1

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.

Council record ↗

National infrastructure project 162 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel

The site is 162 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, 316 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.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Scheduled monument 89 m away: The Chapter House and Pyx Chamber in the abbey cloisters, Westminster Abbey

Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.

Nationally important archaeology protected by the Secretary of State. Work that affects the monument or its setting is rarely permitted.

Historic England ↗

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.

Also on the record

Inside the City of Westminster built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6a (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.

Not affected

Not green belt

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: Full Planning Permission Application
Postcode: SW1P 3PQ
Received: 24 Sept 2025
Validated: 24 Sept 2025
Ward: St James's
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 19 Nov 2025
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 17 Nov 2025
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Quod Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, 22 days faster than Westminster's median of 76 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.

This one54d

Council76d

UK57d

35%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

2,198decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Westminster in the last twelve months, from validation. Westminster decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

12 neighbours consulted · Last counted 19 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14338960
Planning Portal ref: PP-14338960
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

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Westminster

Planning Authority Score

3.5/10

Below average

#221 of 296 councils

Relevant to this application:

Householder 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. View full council performance

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

Westminster School 1 - 3 Little Dean's Yard London SW1P 3PF Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 43

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 4

Plans & drawings 22

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 2

Other documents 12

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 12

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Important details

How this decision compares

Public comments

Consultation & key dates

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