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25/05973/COLBC - LBC Applic. Council's Own Dev.
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Proposal
Installation of original gas lantern (1 - 4 Pickering Place) 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 26
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 8
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EXISTING LED LANTERNS.
Drawing · 9 Sept 2025
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SITE LOCATION
Location Plan · 8 Sept 2025
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GAS LANTERN LOCATIONS
Drawing · 8 Sept 2025
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1-4 PICKERING PLACE AS EXISTING
Drawing · 8 Sept 2025
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REAR OF 3 ST JAMES ST - GAS LANTERNS GA.
Drawing · 8 Sept 2025
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1-4 PICKERING PLACE - AS PROPOSED
Drawing · 8 Sept 2025
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LOCATION PLAN
Superseded document · 21 Aug 2025
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LOCATION PLAN
Location Plan · 21 Aug 2025
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Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 3
Other documents 10
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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 PICKERING PLACE COVER LETTER
Background Papers · 21 Aug 2025
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PICKERING PLACE AS EXISTING
Superseded document · 21 Aug 2025
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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Superseded document · 21 Aug 2025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
Superseded document · 21 Aug 2025
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Site constraints 12
Grade II* listed: 1-4, Pickering Place Sw1
List entry 1265610 · The pin is inside its outline · 51 more listed buildings within 150 m (8 Grade I, 11 Grade II*, 32 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 51 with distances
- 5 m3, St James's Street Sw1Grade II*
- 5 m1 and 2 St James's Street, including 64 Pall MallGrade II*
- 12 m4, St James's Street Sw1Grade II
- 12 m5, Pickering Place Sw1Grade II*
- 13 mRed Lion Public HouseGrade II
- 24 mLock's of St James'sGrade II*
- 24 m19, Crown PassageGrade II
- 29 m18, Crown Passage Sw1Grade II
- 42 m74, St James Street Sw1Grade II*
- 44 mThe Constitutional ClubGrade II
- 45 m54, Pall Mall Sw1Grade II
- 47 m87 and 88, St James's Street Sw1Grade II*
- 48 m10, ST JAMES'S STREET SW1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 54 m67 and 68, Pall Mall Sw1Grade II
- 55 m22, King Street, St James's Sw1Grade II
- 56 m7 Lampstandards Along North Front of PalaceGrade II
- 56 mSt James's Palace St James's Palace, Garden Walls, Marlborough Gate EtcGrade I
- 58 mMarlborough GateGrade II
- 68 m8 Lamp Standards Numbered 1 and 3 to 9 (Consecutive)Grade II
- 69 mCarlton ClubGrade II*
- 78 mThe Golden Lion Public HouseGrade II
- 81 mOxford and Cambridge University ClubGrade II*
- 86 mQueen's ChapelGrade I
- 88 m39 to 45, St James's PlaceGrade II
- 91 m37-38, Bury StreetGrade II
- 97 mDean's Residence, Queen's ChapelGrade I
- 97 m6 Lamp StandardsGrade II
- 98 mMarlborough House With Enclosing Forecourt Walls and East Service/Stable WingGrade I
- 106 mLamp post outside 37-38 St James's PlaceGrade II
- 107 m77 and 78, Pall Mall Sw1Grade II
- 108 m2 and 3, St James's PlaceGrade II
- 111 m19-23, RYDER STREET SW1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 114 m4, St James's Place Sw1Grade II*
- 118 m5-9 St James's PlaceGrade II
- 123 m79, Pall Mall Sw1Grade II
- 126 mQueen Alexandra MemorialGrade I
- 126 mThe Eccentric ClubGrade II
- 127 m20, BLUE BALL YARD SW1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 128 mBridgewater HouseGrade I
- 132 mSchomberg HouseGrade II*
- 134 m29, St James's Place Sw1Grade II
- 135 m31, St James's Place Sw1Grade II
- 137 mClarence HouseGrade I
- 139 m10, St James's Place Sw1Grade II
- 140 m28, St James's Place Sw1Grade II
- 141 m2 and 3, Duke Street St James's Sw1Grade II
- 144 mPratt's ClubGrade II
- 145 mThe Economist group (including office tower, residential block, former bank and podium)Grade II*
- 145 m11, St James's Place Sw1Grade II
- 148 mSpencer HouseGrade I
- 149 mEast India Sports ClubGrade 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 487 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 487 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, 305 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 197 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 1EA
- 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
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- 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-14223482
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14223482
- Comments by
- 15 Oct 2025
- Site or press notice
- 24 Sept 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
3 St James's Street London SW1A 1EG
Installation of original gas lantern.
2025
Approved
Almack House 28 King Street St James's London SW1Y 6QW
Installation of new condenser units to roof of building.
2025
Approved
8 King Street St James's London SW1Y 6QT
Display of a non illuminated image on a hoarding measuring 14.3m X 9.6m for a temporary p…
2025
Almack House 28 King Street St James's London SW1Y 6QW
Installation of new condenser units to roof of building.
2025
Byron House 7 - 9 St James's Street London SW1A 1EE
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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2025
St James's Palace Marlborough Road London SW1A 1BG
Replacement of lead roof covering, bell frame and clock repairs and associated works. (Li…
2024
Almack House 28 King Street St James's London SW1Y 6QW
Installation of plant equipment within existing lightwell along the western building boun…
2024
78 St James's Street London SW1A 1LF
Internal office fit to newly renovated extension. Existing space is currently newly refur…
2024
Byron House 7 - 9 St James's Street London SW1A 1EE
Replacement of the fenestration to the ground floor office entrance and associated minor…
2024
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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…
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Installation of one air-conditioning unit wall mounted at rear second floor level.
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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
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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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78 St James's Street London SW1A 1LF
Fit out of the modern first floor office unit
2024
6 St James's Street London SW1A 1EF
Replacement roof lantern and new associated flashings; installation of a new flagpole to…
2023
Withdrawn
Byron House 7-9 St James's Street London SW1A 1EE
Installation of shopfront.
2019
Approved
20 King Street St James's London SW1Y 6QY
Alterations at roof level to extend the lift overrun enclosure and creation of a roof ter…
2019
Approved
Flat 30 73 St James's Street London SW1A 1PH
Installation of a condenser unit on the roof.
2019
Approved
45 St James's Place London SW1A 1NS
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2019
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45 St James's Place London SW1A 1NS
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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
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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