3 St James's Street London SW1A 1EG Data via plota.co.uk
25/05974/COLBC - LBC Applic. Council's Own Dev.
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Proposal
Installation of original gas lantern. Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
21 Aug 2025
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Validated
8 Sept 2025
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Approved
18 Mar 2026
Approved on 18 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
Documents 27
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 7
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REAR OF 3 ST JAMES - GAS LANTERNS GA
Drawing · 8 Sept 2025
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EXISTING LED LANTERS
Drawing · 8 Sept 2025
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REAR OF 3 ST JAMES ST - AS PROPOSED
Drawing · 8 Sept 2025
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REAR OF 3 ST JAMES ST - AS EXISTING
Drawing · 8 Sept 2025
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GAS LANTERN LOCATIONS
Drawing · 8 Sept 2025
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SITE LOCATION PLAN
Location Plan · 8 Sept 2025
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SITE LOCATION PLAN
Superseded document · 21 Aug 2025
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Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 3
Other documents 12
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HISTORIC ENGLAND
Other · 27 Oct 2025
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ACK-GENERAL LETTER (G/P/C)
Background Papers · 12 Sept 2025
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CNSLT-LA SOCIETY
Background Papers · 12 Sept 2025
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CNSLT-LA SOCIETY
Background Papers · 12 Sept 2025
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SITE NOTICE 21 OR 28 DAYS IF T&C APPL.
Background Papers · 12 Sept 2025
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1ST INVALID LETTER
Background Papers · 1 Sept 2025
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250820 WCC LIGHTING ST JAMES PLACE COVER LETTER
Background Papers · 21 Aug 2025
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GAS LANTERN LOCATION
Superseded document · 21 Aug 2025
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REAR AS EXISTING
Superseded document · 21 Aug 2025
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REAR AS PROPOSED
Superseded document · 21 Aug 2025
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EXISTING LED LANTERNS
Superseded document · 21 Aug 2025
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GAS LANTERN AND BRACKET GA
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Site constraints 12
Grade II* listed: 3, St James's Street Sw1
List entry 1264868 · The pin is inside its outline · 54 more listed buildings within 150 m (8 Grade I, 11 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 54 with distances
- 5 m1 and 2 St James's Street, including 64 Pall MallGrade II*
- 7 m4, St James's Street Sw1Grade II
- 7 m1-4, Pickering Place Sw1Grade II*
- 19 mLock's of St James'sGrade II*
- 19 m5, Pickering Place Sw1Grade II*
- 25 mRed Lion Public HouseGrade II
- 30 m74, St James Street Sw1Grade II*
- 30 m19, Crown PassageGrade II
- 33 m18, Crown Passage Sw1Grade II
- 33 mThe Constitutional ClubGrade II
- 39 m87 and 88, St James's Street Sw1Grade II*
- 44 m10, ST JAMES'S STREET SW1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 57 m54, Pall Mall Sw1Grade II
- 58 m22, King Street, St James's Sw1Grade II
- 59 mCarlton ClubGrade II*
- 59 m7 Lampstandards Along North Front of PalaceGrade II
- 60 mSt James's Palace St James's Palace, Garden Walls, Marlborough Gate EtcGrade I
- 62 m8 Lamp Standards Numbered 1 and 3 to 9 (Consecutive)Grade II
- 64 mMarlborough GateGrade II
- 65 m67 and 68, Pall Mall Sw1Grade II
- 78 m39 to 45, St James's PlaceGrade II
- 85 mThe Golden Lion Public HouseGrade II
- 89 m37-38, Bury StreetGrade II
- 92 mQueen's ChapelGrade I
- 93 mOxford and Cambridge University ClubGrade II*
- 94 mLamp post outside 37-38 St James's PlaceGrade II
- 98 m2 and 3, St James's PlaceGrade II
- 102 m6 Lamp StandardsGrade II
- 103 mDean's Residence, Queen's ChapelGrade I
- 104 m4, St James's Place Sw1Grade II*
- 107 m5-9 St James's PlaceGrade II
- 107 mMarlborough House With Enclosing Forecourt Walls and East Service/Stable WingGrade I
- 109 m19-23, RYDER STREET SW1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 116 mBridgewater HouseGrade I
- 117 m20, BLUE BALL YARD SW1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 119 m77 and 78, Pall Mall Sw1Grade II
- 121 m29, St James's Place Sw1Grade II
- 123 m31, St James's Place Sw1Grade II
- 127 m10, St James's Place Sw1Grade II
- 127 m28, St James's Place Sw1Grade II
- 128 mThe Eccentric ClubGrade II
- 132 mQueen Alexandra MemorialGrade I
- 132 mClarence HouseGrade I
- 134 m11, St James's Place Sw1Grade II
- 135 m79, Pall Mall Sw1Grade II
- 136 mPratt's ClubGrade II
- 136 mSpencer HouseGrade I
- 141 mThe Economist group (including office tower, residential block, former bank and podium)Grade II*
- 143 m13, St James's Place Sw1Grade II
- 144 mSchomberg HouseGrade II*
- 146 m3 Bollards, One by Number 13, One by Number 15, One by Number 31Grade II
- 148 m14, St James's Place Sw1Grade II
- 149 m8, Cleveland Row Sw1Grade II
- 149 m2 and 3, Duke Street St James's Sw1Grade II
St James's 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.
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.
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.
National infrastructure project 499 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 499 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, 317 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.
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.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden 202 m away: St James's Park; 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
- LBC Applic. Council's Own Dev.
- Postcode
- SW1A 1EG
- Received
- 21 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 8 Sept 2025
- Ward
- St James's
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 3 Nov 2025
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 18 Mar 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- WSP in the UK & Ireland
How this decision compares
Decided in 191 days from validation, 126 days slower than Westminster's median of 65 for listed building consent. Approved, as 90% of listed building consent here are.
This one191d
Council65d
UK59d
41%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
1,646decided in the last year
Plota live figures for listed building consent 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-14223567
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14223567
- Comments by
- 15 Oct 2025
- Site or press notice
- 24 Sept 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
32 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
2022
Approved
Internal alterations, including removal of modern fixtures and fittings and installation…
2018
Approved
Internal alterations and refurbishment works from ground to fourth floor level, including…
2018
Approved
Internal alterations and refurbishment works from first to fourth floor level including t…
2017
Approved
Details of method statement for conserving and protecting historic fabric pursuant to Con…
2016
Approved
Reinstatement of one external doorway and two internal doorways, and associated alteratio…
2017
Approved
Reinstatement of one external doorway and two internal doorways, and associated alteratio…
2016
Approved
Removal of a partition at second floor level.
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
1 Pickering Place London SW1A 1EA
Installation of original gas lantern (1 - 4 Pickering Place)
2025
Approved
Almack House 28 King Street St James's London SW1Y 6QW
Installation of new condenser units to roof of building.
2025
Almack House 28 King Street St James's London SW1Y 6QW
Installation of new condenser units to roof of building.
2025
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Alterations to existing level 7 roof extension including new enlarged openings, timber lo…
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Cleaning of the Portland Stone elevation facing onto St James's Street.
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Replacement of lead roof covering, bell frame and clock repairs and associated works. (Li…
2025
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Replacement of lead roof covering, bell frame and clock repairs and associated works. (Li…
2024
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Replacement of the fenestration to the ground floor office entrance and associated minor…
2024
Approved
Quadrant House 55 - 58 Pall Mall London SW1Y 5JH
Display of non-illuminated hoarding measuring 5.99m x 12.25m fronting Pall Mall for a tem…
2023
Approved
19 Crown Passage London SW1Y 6PP
Installation of one air-conditioning unit wall mounted at rear second floor level.
2024
Approved
Byron House 7-9 St James's Street London SW1A 1EE
Alterations to shopfront.
2024
Approved
6 St James's Street London SW1A 1EF
Replacement roof lantern and new associated flashings; installation of a new flagpole to…
2024
Approved
Byron House 7-9 St James's Street London SW1A 1EE
Display of two awnings measuring 1.9m x 2m and 1.9m x 3m.
2024
Almack House 28 King Street St James's London SW1Y 6QW
Alterations to existing terraces to provide level access and the creation of three new ac…
2023
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Fit out of the modern first floor office unit
2024
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Replacement roof lantern and new associated flashings; installation of a new flagpole to…
2023
Withdrawn
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Installation of shopfront.
2023
Approved
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2019
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2018
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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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