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25/07315/LBC - Listed Building Consent Application Approved
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Proposal

Installation of new internal fire doors throughout the building. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
9 Oct 2025
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Validated
27 Nov 2025
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Approved
11 Feb 2026

Approved on 11 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 9 Oct 2026

Documents 16

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF GRANT OF LISTED BUILDING CONSENT [PE] Decision Notice · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 11 Feb 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 2

PDF SLHA HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT QUAKER MEETING HOUSE WESTMINSTER Heritage Statement · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF WMH FIRE DOORS DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT - OCT 25 Design and Access Statement · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 9

IMG SECOND FLOOR - FIRE DOORS Drawing · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ IMG GROUND FLOOR - FIRE DOORS Drawing · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ IMG FIRST FLOOR - FIRE DOORS Drawing · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ IMG BASEMENT - FIRE DOORS Drawing · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF LOCATION PLAN Location Plan · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF BASEMENT AND GALLERY FIRE DOORS WESTMINSTER Drawing · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF FIRST FLOOR FIRE DOORS WESTMINSTER Drawing · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF GROUND FLOOR FIRE DOORS WESTMINSTER Drawing · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF SECOND FLOOR FIRE DOORS WESTMINSTER Drawing · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 9 Oct 2025 View ↗

Other documents 2

PDF 1ST INVALID LETTER Background Papers · 12 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION Other · 14 Oct 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Grade II listed: 52-53 St Martin’s Lane
List entry 1264792 · The pin is inside its outline · 66 more listed buildings within 150 m (6 Grade II*, 60 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 ↗
Covent Garden 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 242 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 242 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, 44 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
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

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Important details

Council
Westminster
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Postcode
WC2N 4EA
Received
9 Oct 2025
Validated
27 Nov 2025
Ward
St James's
Case officer
Show
Target decision
22 Jan 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
11 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Heritage Architecture Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 76 days from validation, 19 days slower than Westminster's median of 57 for listed building works. 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 9 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14381968
Planning Portal ref
PP-14381968
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

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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

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