London Coliseum 32 - 35 St Martin's Lane London WC2N 4ES Data via plota.co.uk

25/05219/LBC - Listed Building Consent Application Approved

Proposal

Install new fall protection railings and replace roof coverings and battens to match existing at roofs 7 and 11, and replace sanitaryware and other fittings inside male toilets at upper circle (level 05) and balcony (level 07) levels. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

25 Jul 2025

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Validated

5 Aug 2025

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Approved

18 Sept 2025

Approved on 18 Sept 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 31 Oct 2026

Documents 88

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF GRANT OF LISTED BUILDING CONSENT [PE] Decision Notice · 18 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 18 Sept 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 2

PDF LISTED BUILDING CONSENT-ROOF 7 AND 11 AND TOILET REFURBISHMENT REVB Design and Access Statement · 30 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT INCLUDED IN DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Superseded document · 25 Jul 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 54

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 25 Jul 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 6

PDF THEATRES TRUST RESPONSE Consultee Comment · 9 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF HISTORIC ENGLAND COMMENT Consultee Comment · 27 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF HISTORIC ENGLAND COMMENT Consultee Comment · 27 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF ECNSLT-STD EXT CONSULTEES Background Papers · 19 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF ECNSLT-STD EXT CONSULTEES Background Papers · 19 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF CNSLT-CONSULTEE CLOUD STD Background Papers · 19 Aug 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 11

Grade II* listed: The Coliseum Theatre (English National Opera)

List entry 1236022 · The pin is inside its outline · 62 more listed buildings within 150 m (5 Grade I, 9 Grade II*, 48 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 62 with distances

20 m45 and 46, Chandos Place Wc2Grade II
21 m31, St Martin's Lane Wc2Grade II*
22 m44, Chandos Place Wc2Grade II
35 mMarquis of Granby Public HouseGrade II
48 mWestern Corner Block of Former Charing Cross HospitalGrade II
56 mCavell House National Westminster BankGrade II
59 mDuke of York's TheatreGrade II
63 m434-437, STRAND WC2 (See details for further address information)Grade II*
63 mFormer Charing Cross Hospital (East Side)Grade II
78 m60, Chandos Place Wc2Grade II
80 mSt Martin's VicarageGrade II*
80 mSt Martin in the Fields Secondary SchoolGrade II*
81 mLamp post outside Charing Cross Police StationGrade II
82 mThe Edith Cavell MemorialGrade I
82 mSt Martin's Vestry HallGrade II*
89 mLamp post outside 61a Chandos PlaceGrade II
95 mThe Garrick TheatreGrade II*
95 mChurchyard Walls and Railings Surrounding Church of St Martin in the Fields on North, South, East and West SidesGrade I
96 m52-53 St Martin’s LaneGrade II
105 mAldine HouseGrade II
106 mNational Portrait GalleryGrade I
107 m17-19, Bedford Street Wc2Grade II
108 mChurch of St Martin in the FieldsGrade I
109 m1-8, Goodwin's Court Wc2Grade II*
110 mChurchyard Wall and Railings Adjoining Entrance to Crypt, on North Side of Church of St Martin in the FieldsGrade II
111 mThe Salisbury Public House and 91-93, St Martin's LaneGrade II
113 m23 and 24, Bedfordbury Wc2Grade II
113 mLamp post outside 6-7 Chandos PlaceGrade II
114 mNational GalleryGrade I
115 m3, NEW ROW WC2Grade II
115 m4 AND 5, NEW ROW WC2Grade II
116 m6, NEW ROW WC2Grade II
119 mTwo lamp posts outside 7 and 21 Cecil CourtGrade II
120 m2 AND 2A, NEW ROW WC2Grade II
121 m7, NEW ROW WC2Grade II
121 m8, NEW ROW WC2Grade II
122 m1, NEW ROW WC2Grade II
122 mLamp post outside 28 BedfordburyGrade II
122 m13, NEW ROW WC2Grade II
122 m1-5, CHANDOS PLACE WC2 (See details for further address information)Grade II
123 mMr Fogg's TavernGrade II
123 m9, NEW ROW WC2Grade II
123 m10, NEW ROW WC2 (See details for further address information)Grade II
124 mWhite Swan Public HouseGrade II
124 mLamp post outside 66 Chandos PlaceGrade II
128 m67 and 68, Chandos Place Wc2Grade II
132 m14-16, Bedford Street Wc2Grade II
134 m25, NEW ROW WC2Grade II
134 m24, NEW ROW WC2Grade II
134 m23 AND 23A, NEW ROW WC2Grade II
135 m3 Lampstandards Numbered 1, 2 and 3Grade II
135 mJohn Law Baker Memorial Drinking Fountain (St Martin in the Fields Churchyard)Grade II
137 mStatue of Sir Henry IrvingGrade II
137 mK2 Telephone KioskGrade II
137 mDrinking Fountain Attached to Church Walls and Railing to Church of St Martin-in-the-FieldsGrade II
138 mK6 Telephone KioskGrade II
138 mThe AlberyGrade II
139 mZimbabwe HouseGrade II*
141 m17 AND 18, NEW ROW WC2Grade II
143 m16, NEW ROW WC2Grade II
145 mVentilation Lamp Standard Numbered 35 on Island North of Irving StreetGrade II
147 mThe Garrick ClubGrade II*

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.

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 152 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel

The site is 152 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, 112 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 177 m away: Trafalgar Square; 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.

Building

Floor area296 m² (3,186 sq ft)

Energy ratingB (asset rating 38)

UseOffices and Workshop Businesses

HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in August 2022, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council: Westminster
Application type: Listed Building Consent Application
Postcode: WC2N 4ES
Received: 25 Jul 2025
Validated: 5 Aug 2025
Ward: St James's
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 30 Sept 2025
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 18 Sept 2025
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Metashape Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 44 days from validation, 13 days faster than Westminster's median of 57 for listed building works. Approved, as 90% of listed building works here are.

This one44d

Council57d

UK57d

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 31 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14203873
Planning Portal ref: PP-14203873
Comments by: 17 Sept 2025
Site or press notice: 27 Aug 2025
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

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2025

Display of one externally illuminated horizontal banner measuring 30 m x 4 m to front of…

25/01001/ADV 13 Feb 2025

2025

Three advertisement banners on scaffolding. (Linked with RN 25/01001/ADV)

25/01005/LBC 13 Feb 2025

2024

Installation of brass guardrails to the balcony resters at the bottom of each flight of A…

24/08187/LBC 22 Nov 2024

2024 Approved

Removal of existing modern single ply roof coverings and associated insulation and renew…

24/06939/LBC 21 Nov 2024

2024 Approved

Repairs and renewal to two failing roof areas and renewal of associated roof coverings.

24/06940/LBC 21 Nov 2024

2024

Improvements to safe access to roof areas for maintenance.

24/06984/LBC 4 Oct 2024

2024

Installation of scaffolding structure on the facade of the Theatre and ENO to wrap the sc…

24/06507/LBC 18 Sep 2024

2024 Approved

Repair and replacement of two asphalt roof areas (Area 8 and part of Area 20) to the buil…

24/02391/LBC 29 May 2024

2024 Approved

Replacement of 3no. defective concrete lintels over existing window openings. Installatio…

24/02154/LBC 28 May 2024

2024 Approved

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24/02153/FULL 28 May 2024

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24/02041/LBC 24 May 2024

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24/01360/ADV 17 May 2024

2024 Approved

Repairs and renewal of roof coverings to two slate and asphalt roof areas to the building.

24/00956/LBC 5 Apr 2024

2024 Approved

Replacement of original terracotta blocks on front external elevation and tower.

24/00506/LBC 25 Mar 2024

2023 Approved

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23/03153/LBC 19 Jun 2023

2023 Refused

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23/01939/ADV 11 May 2023

2023 Refused

Installation of a temporary ground bearing scaffold structure to the front elevation to a…

23/01938/LBC 11 May 2023

2022 Approved

Removal of existing steel projector brackets and their replacement with new steel bracket…

22/06127/LBC 23 Feb 2023

2022 Approved

Installation of new Closed Circuit TV security cameras into the front of house audience f…

22/07746/LBC 3 Feb 2023

2022 Approved

Installation of new fire detection and alarm system into auditorium

22/04979/LBC 22 Sep 2022

2017 Approved

Refurbishment works including new fixed furniture and decoration of Laidlaw Bar, Promenad…

17/09740/LBC 11 Dec 2017

2017 Approved

Installation of a delay bar and speaker brackets to auditorium.

17/00769/LBC 21 Mar 2017

2016 Approved

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16/05815/LBC 23 Aug 2016

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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

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

London Coliseum 32 - 35 St Martin's Lane London WC2N 4ES Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 88

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 2

Plans & drawings 54

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 6

Other documents 23

Site constraints 11

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