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26/05179/CLLB - Cert of Law - Prposed works to LB
Refused
Proposal
Internal refurbishment and redecoration works. Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
29 Jul 2026
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Refused
11 Aug 2026
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Refused on 11 Aug 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Aug 2026
Documents 21
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 15
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DRAWING ISSUE SHEET
Background Papers · 29 Jul 2026
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PROPOSED ROOMS FOR BATTEN PANELLING
Drawing · 29 Jul 2026
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EXISTING THIRD AND FOURTH FLOOR GA PLANS
Drawing · 29 Jul 2026
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EXISTING FIRST AND SECOND FLOOR GA PLANS
Drawing · 29 Jul 2026
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EXISTING BASEMENT AND GROUND FLOOR
Drawing · 29 Jul 2026
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PROPOSED B1 KITCHEN EXTENSION WALL PANELLING PLAN AND ELEVATION
Drawing · 29 Jul 2026
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EXISTING B1 KITCHEN EXTENSION PLAN AND ELEVATION
Drawing · 29 Jul 2026
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L4 BATTEN PANELLING IN CORRIDOR SECTION AND PLAN
Drawing · 29 Jul 2026
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PROPOSED L3 BEDROOM CORNICE PLAN AND DETAIL
Drawing · 29 Jul 2026
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PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR NEWEL REPLACEMENT PLAN AND ELEVATION
Drawing · 29 Jul 2026
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EXISTING GROUND FLOOR CONTEMPORARY NEWEL PLAN AND ELEVATION
Drawing · 29 Jul 2026
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G0 DECK COFFERED CEILING REFLECTED CEILING PLAN
Drawing · 29 Jul 2026
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PROPOSED G0 DECK SCREEN
Drawing · 29 Jul 2026
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CONSENTED G0 DECK CUPBOARD ALCOVE
Drawing · 29 Jul 2026
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LOCATION PLAN
Location Plan · 29 Jul 2026
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Application forms 1
Site constraints 10
Grade II* listed: 16, Great College Street Sw1
List entry 1213336 · 0 m from the pin · 75 more listed buildings within 150 m (12 Grade I, 26 Grade II*, 37 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 75 with distances
- 9 mLamp post outside 16 Great College StreetGrade II
- 11 m17 and 18, Great College StreetGrade II*
- 20 m19, Great College Street Sw1Grade II*
- 20 mAbbey (Canons') Garden 4 StatuesGrade II
- 21 m1, Barton Street Sw1Grade II*
- 27 m3, Barton Street Sw1Grade II*
- 27 mLamp post adjacent to 14 Great College StreetGrade II
- 33 mLamp post outside 3 Barton StreetGrade II
- 34 m2 and 3, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
- 34 m4, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II
- 35 m1, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
- 36 mLamp post outside 20 Great College StreetGrade II
- 36 m4-6, Barton Street Sw1Grade II*
- 41 mLamp post outside 1 Cowley StreetGrade II
- 45 m11-14, Barton Street Sw1Grade II*
- 49 m10-12, Little College Street Sw1Grade II
- 52 m9 and 10, Barton Street Sw1Grade II*
- 52 mAbbey (Canons') GardenGrade II
- 52 mLamp post opposite 7 Cowley StreetGrade II
- 54 m15, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
- 54 m14, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
- 54 m13, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
- 55 m16 and 17, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
- 56 mLamp post outside 8 Barton StreetGrade II
- 58 m18, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
- 59 m9, Little College Street Sw1Grade II*
- 60 mLamp post on corner of 3 Great College Street and 5 Little College StreetGrade II
- 61 mLittle Deans Yard (College of Westminster School)Grade I
- 61 mLampstandard Numbered G1Grade II
- 62 m8, Barton Street Sw1Grade II
- 63 m19, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
- 65 mCorner HouseGrade II
- 66 mLamp post outside 22 Great College StreetGrade II
- 66 mLamp post outside 12 Cowley StreetGrade II
- 71 mFaith HouseGrade II
- 75 mLittle Deans YardGrade I
- 77 mNo. 22 Great College Street (including St Edward's Chapel, Tufton Street)Grade II
- 81 mAbbey Precinct WallGrade I
- 85 mLittle Deans YardGrade II
- 86 mNorth House and Gayfere House Including 22 and 23 Gayfere StreetGrade II
- 87 mLamp post outside 2 Lord North StreetGrade II
- 91 mLamp post outside 4 Tufton StreetGrade II
- 97 mDean's YardGrade I
- 98 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*
- 101 mLittle Deans Yard Staircase to Doorway and Gateway to School and Busby LibraryGrade I
- 101 mLamp post outside 22 Gayfere StreetGrade II
- 104 mKnife Edge Two Piece SculptureGrade II*
- 109 m7, Gayfere Street Sw1Grade II
- 109 mNumbers 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 10 and 11, Lord North StreetGrade II*
- 111 mDean's YardGrade I
- 111 m13-19, Lord North StreetGrade II*
- 111 mLamp post outside 15-16 Lord North StreetGrade II
- 113 m17-21, Gayfere Street Sw1Grade II
- 117 mFormer Dock Retaining Walls to Moat Around Jewel HouseGrade I
- 117 mThe Jewel House (Or Tower) of the Palace of WestminsterGrade I
- 118 mChurch HouseGrade II
- 119 mLittle Deans Yard Turle's HouseGrade II
- 119 mClerk of the Works Office and the Remains of the Chapel of St Catherine Little Cloisters LodgingsGrade I
- 124 m10 and 11, Gayfere Street Sw1Grade II
- 125 mLamp post outside 11 Gayfere StreetGrade II
- 126 mLittle Dean's Yard Ashburnham HouseGrade I
- 130 mMary Sumner HouseGrade II
- 132 mLamp post outside Tufton CourtGrade II
- 137 mLamp post outside 11 Lord North StreetGrade II
- 140 m3-5, Smith Square Sw1Grade II*
- 141 mNumber 7 (Including Former Number 6)Grade II*
- 142 m6, Smith Square Sw1Grade II*
- 143 mGayfere LodgeGrade II
- 143 m7-9, Smith Square Sw1Grade II*
- 143 mVictoria Tower Lodge and Gates to Black Rod GardenGrade I
- 144 m1 and 2, Smith Square Sw1Grade II*
- 146 m19,19a and 20, Broad Sanctuary Sw1Grade I
- 146 m2 Bollards Flanking Junction of Smith Square and Lord North StreetGrade II
- 146 mMemorial to Emmeline and Christabel PankhurstGrade II*
- 148 mLamp post on corner of 13 Gayfere Street and 1 Smith SquareGrade II
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.
Smith 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.
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.
World heritage site 17 m away: Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church
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.
Scheduled monument 101 m away: The Jewel Tower
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.
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.
Not affected
Not green belt
Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
- Cert of Law - Prposed works to LB
- Postcode
- SW1P 3RX
- Received
- 29 Jul 2026
- Validated
- 29 Jul 2026
- Ward
- St James's
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 9 Sept 2026
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Decision date
- 11 Aug 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Kiani Architects
How this decision compares
Decided in 13 days from validation, 40 days faster than Westminster's median of 53 for extensions. Refused, as 13% of extensions here are.
This one13d
Council53d
UK54d
62%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
930decided in the last year
Plota live figures for extensions decided by Westminster in the last twelve months, from validation. Westminster decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 12 Aug 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14981072
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
30 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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Previous applications at this address
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2024
1 x sycamore: reduce lower lateral branches overhanging adjacent properties back to the p…
2021
Approved
T2 1 x lime: crown reduce to previous, most recent reduction points, retaining selected f…
2020
Approved
1 x lime (rear garden): Crown reduce to previous most recent reduction points, retaining…
2019
Approved
Internal structural works and opening up works for the purposes of investigating the cond…
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Installation of electrical equipment
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Internal alterations to second floor to improve office accommodation.
2023
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9 Little College Street London SW1P 3SH
Internal alterations at all levels, including repairs to the College Street doorcase.
2021
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3 Millbank London SW1P 3SJ
Installation of netting system to internal courtyard and associated access anchor points.
2023
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Westminster School Playing Fields Vincent Square London SW1P 2PW
55 x London planes (T1, T2, T5, T9, T10, T11, T12, T13, T14, T15, T16, T17, T18, T19, T20…
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2023
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Westminster School 1 - 3 Little Dean's Yard London SW1P 3PF
Extension of existing binstore at the north end of Busby's Yard.
2016
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11 Barton Street London SW1P 3NE
Variation of condition 1 of planning permission dated 29.09.2015 (RN:15/03465/FULL) for A…
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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.
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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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