St Peters Church Eaton Square London SW1W 0HQ Data via plota.co.uk

25/07448/EEN - Ecclesiastical Exemption Notification Decided

Proposal

Request to bring the whole building under Faculty Jurisdiction. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
6 Oct 2025
Decision
Target date was 3 Nov 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 6 Nov 2026; it is now day 396.

Documents 4

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF NO OBJECTION - ECCLES. EXEMPTION [PE] Decision Notice · 27 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 27 Oct 2025 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION Other · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF ACK-GENERAL LETTER (G/P/C) Background Papers · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Grade II* listed: Church of St Peter
List entry 1356980 · The pin is inside its outline · 24 more listed buildings within 150 m (6 Grade II*, 18 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 24 with distances
Historic England ↗
Belgravia 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
National infrastructure project 807 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 807 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, 175 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 ↗
Registered park or garden 79 m away: The Grosvenor Estate: Eaton Square
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.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Heritage at risk 20 m away: Church of St Peter, Eaton Square, Westminster; 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
Ecclesiastical Exemption Notification
Postcode
SW1W 0HQ
Received
6 Oct 2025
Validated
6 Oct 2025
Ward
Knightsbridge & Belgravia
Case officer
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Target decision
3 Nov 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
St Peter's Church Eaton Square

Decision outlook

Day 396, past the statutory target. 58% of full applications in Westminster are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 31 Oct 2026.

Day 396340 days past the 56-day target
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.

Last counted 31 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

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Previous applications at this address

2023 Approved
Temporary installation for a three year period of debris netting to external elevations o…
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2020 Approved
Installation of a new access ramp on the side of St Peters Church.
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2020 Approved
Installation of a new access ramp on the side of St Peters Church.
20/03209/FULL
2017 Approved
Details of ramp balustrading and handrail, facing materials, and ramp and railings pursua…
17/09077/ADLBC
2016 Approved
Installation of new access ramp on the side of St. Peter's Church.
16/09778/LBC
2016 Approved
Installation of new access ramp on the side of St. Peter's Church.
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings