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25/06582/FULL - Full Planning Permission Application Approved

Proposal

External alterations including replacement of rooflight with AOV and removal and replacement of bitumen roof surface. (Linked with 25/06583/LBC). Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

15 Sept 2025

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Validated

1 Oct 2025

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Approved

6 Mar 2026

Approved on 6 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Documents 86

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF GRANT OF FULL PP [PE] Decision Notice · 6 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 6 Mar 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 4

PDF DAS Design and Access Statement · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE IMPACT STATEMENT Heritage Statement · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 30 OLD QUEEN STREET HERITAGE STATEMENT Heritage Statement · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN ACCESS STATEMENT Superseded document · 15 Sept 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 67

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 1 Oct 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LETTER (21D) Background Papers · 28 Oct 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 14

Grade II listed: 30 and 32, Old Queen Street Sw1

List entry 1266276 · The pin is inside its outline · 23 more listed buildings within 150 m (6 Grade I, 3 Grade II*, 14 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 23 with distances

4 m26 and 28, Old Queen Street Sw1Grade II
10 m34, Old Queen Street Sw1Grade II
19 m24, Old Queen Street Sw1Grade II
32 mCockpit Steps (Next to Number 38) With Flank Walls and Mounted LanternsGrade II
35 m2, Queen Anne's Gate Sw1Grade II
38 m6 Lampstandards Numbered 1-5 (Consecutive) and 8Grade II
38 m43, Old Queen Street Sw1Grade II
42 m20, Old Queen Street Sw1Grade II
50 m6-12, Queen Anne's Gate Sw1Grade II*
68 m9 and 11, Old Queen Street Sw1Grade II
73 mNos. 14-22, 22A and 24, QUEEN ANNE'S GATEGrade I
74 m1-3 Queen Anne's GateGrade II
78 mAbbey BuildingsGrade II
89 mStoreys Gate LodgeGrade II
99 mMethodist Central Hall, WestminsterGrade II*
102 mLamp Standard Numbered 1Grade II
105 m5-13, Queen Anne's Gate Sw1Grade I
123 m26-32, Queen Anne's Gate Sw1Grade I
127 mThe Institution of Civil EngineersGrade II
129 mNew Government Offices (HM Treasury) and archway link with Foreign Office at east end of King Charles StreetGrade II*
134 m15, Queen Anne's Gate Sw1Grade I
136 mStatue of Queen Anne Against North Flank of Number 15 Queen Anne's GateGrade I
143 m17 and 19, Queen Anne's Gate Sw1Grade I

Historic England ↗

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

Birdcage Walk 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.

Archaeological priority area: City of Westminster APA 2.8

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 181 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel

The site is 181 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, 569 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 17 m away: St James's Park

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 ↗

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

Inside the City of Westminster built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6a (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Metropolitan Open Land 28 m away; Priority habitat 29 m away: Deciduous woodland.

Not affected

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 October 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: Full Planning Permission Application
Postcode: SW1H 9HP
Received: 15 Sept 2025
Validated: 1 Oct 2025
Ward: St James's
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 6 Mar 2026
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 6 Mar 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Seifermann Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 156 days from validation, 82 days slower than Westminster's median of 74 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.

This one156d

Council74d

UK56d

36%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

2,057decided 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.

21 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14330963
Planning Portal ref: PP-14330963
Comments by: 26 Nov 2025
Site or press notice: 5 Nov 2025
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025

Internal and external alterations including refurbishment to existing windows with draugh…

25/06583/LBC 15 Sep 2025

2023 Approved

Replacement of window, window cill and door to rear at fifth floor level.

23/05273/LBC 21 Sep 2023

2023 Approved

Replacement of window, window cill and door to rear at fifth floor level.

23/05586/FULL 21 Sep 2023

2019 Approved

Replacement of existing external timber door to lower ground floor lightwell, with steel…

19/09199/FULL 8 Jan 2020

2019 Approved

Replacement of existing external timber door to lower ground floor lightwell, with steel…

19/08994/LBC 8 Jan 2020

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025

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25/03057/FULL 2 May 2025

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Installation of four outdoor canvas parasols, a main entrance sign and a projecting sign…

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2025

Storeys Gate Lodge Birdcage Walk SW1H 9JH

Installation of four outdoor canvas parasols. (Linked with 25/01882/LBC)

25/01881/FULL 20 Mar 2025

2024

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2024

32 Old Queen Street London SW1H 9HP

Local repairs and cleaning of front and rear elevation brickwork.

24/07061/LBC 9 Oct 2024

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24/06370/ADV 12 Sep 2024

2024

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Replacement of timber stair with Portland stone with new iron balustrade and existing mah…

24/02165/LBC 3 Apr 2024

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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

30 Old Queen Street London SW1H 9HP Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 86

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 4

Plans & drawings 67

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 1

Other documents 11

Site constraints 14

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Important details

How this decision compares

Public comments

Consultation & key dates

Previous applications at this address

Nearby activity