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25/04300/LBC - Listed Building Consent Application Refused
Listed buildings

Proposal

External alterations to the existing ground floor frontage including installation of replacement windows, three pairs of entrance doors and double fixed side panels on the Chandos Place/Bedford Street corner, seven awnings and under window tile cladding on the Bedford Street and Chandos Place elevations. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
24 Jun 2025
✓
Validated
14 Jul 2025
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Refused
4 Sept 2025
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 4 Sept 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Documents 33

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF REFUSAL-LISTED BUILDING CONSENT [PE] Decision Notice · 4 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 4 Sept 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 3

PDF HIA SHOPFRONT Heritage Statement · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AN ACCESS STATEMENT SHOPFRONT AND AWNINGS Design and Access Statement · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT AWNING Heritage Statement · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 18

PDF PROPOSED SASH WINDOW DETAIL Drawing · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED DOOR DETAIL Drawing · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED DOOR DETAIL Drawing · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED DOOR DETAIL Drawing · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED DOOR DETAIL Drawing · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE LOCATION-00-01 SITE PLAN Drawing · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE LOCATION-00-02 BLOCK PLAN Drawing · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING ELEVATIONS Drawing · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING ELEVATIONS Drawing · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF 070-ENABLING WORKS - GROUND FLOOR Drawing · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF 071-ENABLING WORKS - BASEMENT FLOOR Drawing · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SASH WINDOW DETAIL Drawing · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED ELEVATIONS CHANDOS (AWNINGS) Drawing · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED ELEVATIONS BEDFORD (AWNINGS) Drawing · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF FEECALCULATION Background Papers · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗

Other documents 8

PDF ACK-GENERAL LETTER (G/P/C) Background Papers · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF CNSLT-LA SOCIETY Background Papers · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE 21 OR 28 DAYS IF T&C APPL. Background Papers · 5 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF EMAIL Incoming Correspondence · 14 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION Other · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF 1ST INVALID LETTER Background Papers · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENTSUMMARY Background Papers · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF COVER LETTER Background Papers · 24 Jun 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

Grade II listed: 1-5, CHANDOS PLACE WC2 (See details for further address information)
List entry 1066485 · The pin is inside its outline · 61 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade I, 9 Grade II*, 50 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.
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Historic England ↗
Covent Garden 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 ↗
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.
Archaeological priority area: City of Westminster APA 1.2
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 66 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 66 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, 4 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 ↗
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.
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
Registered park or garden 196 m away: Victoria Embankment Gardens; 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 1 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
WC2E 9HZ
Received
24 Jun 2025
Validated
14 Jul 2025
Ward
St James's
Case officer
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Target decision
8 Sept 2025
Decision
Application Refused
Decision date
4 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Savills

How this decision compares

Decided in 52 days from validation, 5 days faster than Westminster's median of 57 for listed building works. Refused, as 10% of listed building works here are.

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 19 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14105599
Planning Portal ref
PP-14105599
Comments by
3 Sept 2025
Site or press notice
13 Aug 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

38 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Alterations to shopfront including awnings; and other associated works. Linked with 25/07…
25/07884/LBC
2025
Display of three externally illuminated projecting signs measuring 0.5m x 0.8m on the Cha…
25/07864/ADV
2025
Installation of four low level projecting signs and two hand painted signs (Linked to 25/…
25/07854/LBC
2025
Installation of a new shopfront, windows and doors onto Bedford Street and Chandos Place…
25/07386/LBC
2025
Installation of a new shopfront, windows and doors onto Bedford Street and Chandos Place…
25/07385/FULL
2025
Installation of external ducting to the rear elevation and condensers at rear ground floo…
25/07314/LBC
2025
Installation of external ducting to the rear elevation and condensers at rear ground floo…
25/07313/FULL
2025 Refused
Installation of a new shopfront and replacement of windows onto Bedford Street and Chando…
25/04332/LBC
2025 Refused
Installation of a new shopfront and replacement of windows onto Bedford Street and Chando…
25/04331/FULL
2025 Refused
Installation of three internally illuminated projecting signs.
25/04295/LBC
2025 Refused
Display of two internally illuminated projecting signs measuring 0.5m x 0.9m and display…
25/04328/ADV
2022 Approved
External and internal alterations, including new entrance doors and modifications to wind…
22/01873/LBC
2022
Use of ground floor and basement as public house (sui generis). External alterations incl…
22/01596/FULL
Within ~100m

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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. 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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings