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26/06050/NMA - Non-material amendments Approved
Change of useCommercial & major worksDemolitionCommercial premises

Proposal

Amendments to planning permission dated 08 November 2019 (RN: ) for the Use of part ground and upper floors as a 134-room hotel (Class C1); use of part lower ground as a leisure suite (Class D2); use of ground floor as restaurant/bar (Class A3/A4), external alterations, including demolition to include the removal of the rooftop plant enclosures and replacement with a single-storey extension, remodelling of the Little Sanctuary elevation and introduction of balconies and lightwells. NAMELY, to amend the description of development so that the reference to a 134-room hotel is amended to identify 134 rooms as the maximum number of hotel rooms permitted as part of the development. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
4 Sept 2026
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Approved
16 Sept 2026

Approved on 16 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 18 Sept 2026

Documents 9

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF GRANT NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT Decision Notice · 16 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 16 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF SITE LOCATION PLAN Drawing · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF FEECALCULATION Background Papers · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF ACK - NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT Background Papers · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION Other · 11 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENTSUMMARY Background Papers · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF COVER LETTER Background Papers · 4 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

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Site constraints 13

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 ↗
Westminster Abbey And Parliament 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 ↗
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 1.1
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 142 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 142 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, 601 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 ↗
20 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: The Institution of Civil Engineers, Grade II, 12 m away · 1 Grade I, 4 Grade II*, 15 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. 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 ↗
Registered park or garden 45 m away: Parliament 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 ↗
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
Scheduled monument 225 m away: The Chapter House and Pyx Chamber in the abbey cloisters, Westminster Abbey; Inside the City of Westminster built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 6 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £57,000,000 in November 2023. Other property, freehold.

28 November 2023£57,000,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area6,140 m² (66,090 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (asset rating 62)
UseB1 Offices and Workshop businesses
HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2019, 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
Non-material amendments
Postcode
SW1P 3AE
Received
4 Sept 2026
Validated
4 Sept 2026
Ward
St James's
Case officer
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Target decision
2 Oct 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
16 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Newmark

How this decision compares

Decided in 12 days from validation, 45 days faster than Westminster's median of 57 for changes of use. Approved, as 83% of changes of use here are.

49%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
172decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Westminster in the last twelve months, from validation. Westminster decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 18 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15202815
Planning Portal ref
PP-15202815
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

26 previous 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:
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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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.