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26/04159/NMA - Non-material amendments Approved
Extensions & alterationsListed buildings

Proposal

Amendments to planning permission dated 14 November 2024 (RN: ) for works to clergy houses No.s 1, 2, 2A, 2B & 3 Little Cloister involving re-roofing and rainwater disposal, upgrading insulation and hatch windows; NAMELY replacement of copper dormer with cast lead. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
23 Jun 2026
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Approved
7 Jul 2026

Approved on 7 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Jul 2026

Documents 13

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF GRANT NON MATERIAL AMENDMENT Decision Notice · 7 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 7 Jul 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 6

PDF SECTIONS (NO.1) AS PROPOSED Drawing · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF ROOF PLAN AS PROPOSED Drawing · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF NORTH ELEVATION AS PROPOSED Drawing · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF EAST ELEVATION AND SECTION AS PROPOSED Drawing · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SOUTH ELEVATION AS PROPOSED Drawing · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF SECTIONS (NO.2) AS PROPOSED Drawing · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF ACK - NON-MATERIAL AMENDMENT Background Papers · 3 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION Other · 26 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENTSUMMARY Background Papers · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF COVER LETTER Background Papers · 23 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 9

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 ↗
World heritage site: Palace of Westminster, Westminster Abbey and St. Margaret's Church
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
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 ↗
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.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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
Non-material amendments
Postcode
SW1P 3PL
Received
23 Jun 2026
Validated
23 Jun 2026
Ward
St James's
Case officer
Show
Target decision
21 Jul 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
7 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Ptolemy Dean Architects Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 14 days from validation, 39 days faster than Westminster's median of 53 for extensions. Approved, as 87% of extensions here are.

62%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
930decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15030681
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024
Works to clergy houses No.s 1, 2, 2A, 2B & 3 Little Cloister involving re-roofing and rai…
24/06753/FULL
2024 Withdrawn
Works to clergy houses No.s 1, 2, 2A, 2B & 3 Little Cloister involving re-roofing and rai…
24/06625/LBC
Within ~100m

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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