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25/04716/LBC - Listed Building Consent Application Approved
Listed buildings

Proposal

External alterations to Villiers Street facade including replacement of partially louvered windows with fully louvered windows, replacement of drainpipe, and replacement of clay pot wall with brickwork wall. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Jul 2025
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Approved
3 Sept 2025

Approved on 3 Sept 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 27 Oct 2026

Documents 20

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF GRANT OF LISTED BUILDING CONSENT [PE] Decision Notice · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 3 Sept 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 3

PDF PLANNING STATEMENT - VILLIERS STREET EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS Background Papers · 9 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT Design and Access Statement · 9 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT Heritage Statement · 9 Jul 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 7

PDF EXISTING ELEVATIONS Drawing · 9 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF ELEVATION (SIDE) - EXISTING Background Papers · 9 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED ALTERATIONS TO VILLIERS ST. AND STAIR ELEVA Drawing · 9 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF ELEVATION (SIDE) - PROPOSED Background Papers · 9 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF SECTION 16 OF THE RAILWAY CLAUSES CONSOLIDATION ACT 1845 Background Papers · 9 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE LOCATION PLAN Location Plan · 9 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF SECTIONS THROUGH PROPOSED LOUVRES ON VILLIERS STREET Drawing · 9 Jul 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 9 Jul 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 3

PDF HISTORIC ENGLAND RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 17 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF CNSLT-CONSULTEE CLOUD STD Background Papers · 14 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF ECNSLT-STD EXT CONSULTEES Background Papers · 14 Jul 2025 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF ACK-GENERAL LETTER (G/P/C) Background Papers · 14 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE 21 OR 28 DAYS IF T&C APPL. Background Papers · 14 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE PHOTOGRAPHS - VILLIERS STREET EXTERNAL CHANGES - CHARING CROSS STATION Photo · 9 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF COVER LETTER - VILLIERS STREET EXTERNAL ALTERATIONS Background Papers · 9 Jul 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

Grade II listed: Charing Cross Hotel
List entry 1236707 · The pin is inside its outline · 51 more listed buildings within 150 m (5 Grade I, 19 Grade II*, 26 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 ↗
Trafalgar 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 ↗
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.
National infrastructure project: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is inside 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, 18 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 ↗
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 ↗
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 123 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
WC2N 5HS
Received
9 Jul 2025
Validated
9 Jul 2025
Ward
St James's
Case officer
Show
Target decision
3 Sept 2025
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
3 Sept 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Agent
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, about the council's usual 57 days. Approved, as 90% 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 27 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14163512
Planning Portal ref
PP-14163512
Comments by
13 Aug 2025
Site or press notice
23 Jul 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Alterations to shopfronts of retail units 17 and 18 within station concourse.
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Detailed drawings of an altered fire door pursuant to Condition 3 of listed building cons…
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2025
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Replacement of 97 Advertisment panels with 2 high levels large screen and 12 single sided…
23/02287/LBC
2022
Renewal of Station Information and Surveillance Systems
22/06195/CLLB
2022
Renewal of Departure Information Boards.
22/06029/LBC
2020 Approved
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20/08176/LBC
2021 Approved
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21/00178/ADV
2018 Approved
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2017 Approved
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2017 Approved
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2017 Approved
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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