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25/07437/LBC - Listed Building Consent Application
Approved
Proposal
Internal alterations including refurbishment; repainting; replacement vinyl flooring and suspended ceiling; installation of new fitted furniture, roller blinds and sockets. Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
14 Oct 2025
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Validated
4 Nov 2025
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Approved
13 Feb 2026
Approved on 13 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Oct 2026
Documents 6
Decision & officer reports 1
Consultation & comments 1
Site constraints 13
Grade I listed: Horse Guards
List entry 1066100 · The pin is inside its outline · 24 more listed buildings within 150 m (8 Grade I, 7 Grade II*, 9 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 24 with distances
- 19 mStatue of Field Marshal Viscount WolseleyGrade II
- 24 mFormer Paymaster Generals Office Former Paymaster Generals Office (the Parliamentary Counsel)Grade II*
- 34 mForecourt Railings, Gates and Guardhouses to HorseguardsGrade I
- 47 mAdmiralty HouseGrade I
- 51 mStatue of Field Marshal Earl RobertsGrade II
- 52 mStatue of the Duke of CambridgeGrade II
- 64 mCivil Service Department Offices (Former Admiralty Offices)Grade II
- 67 mWar Office War Office (Ministry of Defence)Grade II*
- 69 mDover House Scottish OfficeGrade I
- 73 mThe Admiralty and the Admiralty ScreenGrade I
- 76 mStatue of the Eighth Duke of DevonshireGrade II
- 83 mBanqueting HouseGrade I
- 86 mCadiz MemorialGrade II
- 99 mGovernment Offices, Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food Government Offices, Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food West BlockGrade II*
- 102 mStatue of Field Marshal Earl HaigGrade II*
- 103 mTreasury Buildings Treasury Buildings (Cabinet Office and Privy Council Office)Grade I
- 107 mRoyal United Services InstituteGrade II*
- 115 m10, Downing Street Sw1Grade I
- 122 mGwydyr House (Welsh Office)Grade II*
- 124 mThe Royal Naval Division War MemorialGrade II*
- 126 mMinistry of Defence, Containing Sixteenth Century Undercroft and Historic Rooms Numbers 13, 24, 25, 27 and 79Grade I
- 128 mPair of K6 Telephone kiosksGrade II
- 133 mStatue of Lord KitchenerGrade II
- 134 mThe CitadelGrade II
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.
Whitehall 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.
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.
Protected view corridor: 2B.1 Parliament Hill oak tree to the Palace of Westminster
Inside the landmark viewing corridor of a protected vista. A building that rises above the corridor's threshold height should be refused. How high that is depends on where along the view the site is.
The London Plan (policy HC4) designates strategic views, and the Mayor's London View Management Framework (March 2012) gives 13 of them a protected vista toward St Paul's Cathedral, the Palace of Westminster or the Tower of London. A vista has a threshold height that rises or falls with the line of sight. In the landmark viewing corridor, a building above it would harm the view and should be refused. In the wider setting consultation area around the corridor, a building above it is referred for consultation and its effect on the view is judged. The threshold changes along each view and is set out in the framework. A revised framework is out for consultation until 4 December 2026 and is not yet in force.
National infrastructure project: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is inside 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, 243 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.
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.
Registered park or garden 8 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.
Habitat network: Wood pasture and parkland
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 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
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
- Listed Building Consent Application
- Postcode
- SW1A 2AX
- Received
- 14 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 4 Nov 2025
- Ward
- St James's
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 30 Dec 2025
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 13 Feb 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Heritage Potential Ltd.
How this decision compares
Decided in 101 days from validation, 44 days slower than Westminster's median of 57 for listed building works. Approved, as 90% of listed building works here are.
This one101d
Council57d
UK57d
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 11 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14408880
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14408880
- Comments by
- 18 Mar 2026
- Site or press notice
- 25 Feb 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
35 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
This property
Previous applications at this address
2024
Approved
Installation of 18 new hay net rings within the stables.
2024
Approved
Replacement secondary glazing to three ground floor windows.
2024
Installation of a proposed 28 new cameras, replacing existing cameras; installation of ne…
2024
Detailed drawings of exact positions for cameras fixed adjacent to stone work details, in…
2024
Replacement sections of corroded leadwork to roof; replacement of deteriorated walkway, l…
2024
Replacement sections of corroded leadwork to roof; replacement of deteriorated walkway, l…
2024
Approved
Detailed drawings of exact positions for cameras fixed adjacent to stone work details, in…
2020
Approved
Intallation of air conditioning unit, replacement of security cameras and installation of…
2020
Approved
Installation of air conditioning unit and security upgrades. Linked to 20/05379/LBC.
2018
Approved
Installation of internal handrails at ground floor level and external handrails to access…
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
2025
Approved
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Repairs to existing fire doors throughout building.
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Rewire of power, lighting and emergency lighting and fire alarm installation.
2025
Approved
Admiralty Buildings Whitehall London SW1A 2PA
External maintenance and refurbishment works to lightwell areas 2, 3, 4, 5, and the court…
2025
Approved
Banqueting House Whitehall London SW1A 2ER
Removal of north annexe roof services; additional drainage pipe; repairs to doors, streng…
2025
Approved
Banqueting House Whitehall London SW1A 2ER
Removal of north annexe roof services; additional drainage pipe; repairs to doors, extern…
2025
Approved
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Repairs to a number of doors within Flat 1 to Admiralty House, including replacement of e…
2024
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Erection of scaffolding/hoarding to all elevations of the internal courtyard and external…
2024
Approved
Admiralty House Whitehall London SW1A 2DY
Internal alterations and repairs to the reception room area.
2024
Admiralty House Whitehall London SW1A 2DY
Formation of new roof access hatch within existing roof structure; and other associated w…
2024
Admiralty House Whitehall London SW1A 2DY
Formation of new roof access hatch within existing roof structure; and other associated w…
2024
Ripley Buildings Whitehall London SW1A 2BL
Facade gommage cleaning to the brown brick and Portland Stone elevations facing, 26 White…
2024
Admiralty House Whitehall London SW1A 2DY
Installation of an additional rainwater outlet to the Whitehall elevation facade to assis…
2024
Admiralty House Whitehall London SW1A 2DY
Installation of an additional rainwater outlet to the Whitehall elevation façade to assis…
2024
Banqueting House Whitehall London SW1A 2ER
Alterations to Main Hall floor (associated with wider reservicing and refurbishment works…
2024
Admiralty House Whitehall London SW1A 2DY
Replacement of upgraded existing fire doors throughout.
2024
Banqueting House Whitehall London SW1A 2ER
External and internal alterations to services, access and plant, including complete reser…
2024
Banqueting House Whitehall London SW1A 2ER
Installation of new air-source heat pumps and below-ground connections to existing Distri…
2023
Approved
Admiralty House Whitehall London SW1A 2DY
Installation of emergency lighting on basement, ground, first, second and third floors
2023
Approved
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Installation of new wall mounted access control PIN reader units; new wall mounted push b…
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Installation of new condensers and cowls at lower roof level
2017
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2017
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Dover House Whitehall London SW1A 2AU
Opening up / investigation works to Rooms 4/G and 5/G.
2016
Approved
Admiralty Buildings Whitehall London SW1A 2AF
Replacement of lead roof cladding and repairs to slate roofing to match existing.
2016
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Dover House Whitehall London SW1A 2AU
Internal alterations to remove modern document hoist.
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.
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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
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