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25/07213/LBC - Listed Building Consent Application Refused
Listed buildings

Proposal

Repair of six vaults and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

✓
Received
6 Oct 2025
✓
Validated
13 Oct 2025
✗
Refused
20 May 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 20 May 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 13 Oct 2026

Documents 16

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF REFUSAL-LISTED BUILDING CONSENT [PE] Decision Notice · 20 May 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 20 May 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 2

PDF COVERING LETTER AND HERITAGE STATEMENT Other · 6 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT_INCLUDED_IN_DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Superseded document · 6 Oct 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 2

PDF BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN AND OS MAP Drawing · 6 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN AND OS MAP Drawing · 6 Oct 2025 View ↗

Application forms 2

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 6 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF FEECALCULATION Background Papers · 6 Oct 2025 View ↗

Other documents 8

PDF LETTER DATED: SIKA STRUCTURAL RENDER SYSTEM Background Papers · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF DAMAGED BASEMENT VAULTS Background Papers · 18 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ECNSLT-INTERNAL CONSULTS Background Papers · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ACK-GENERAL LETTER (G/P/C) Background Papers · 23 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION Other · 10 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 1ST INVALID LETTER Background Papers · 10 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF ATTACHMENTSUMMARY Background Papers · 6 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF SCHEDULE OF WORKS Other · 6 Oct 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

Grade II listed: The Montcalm Hotel (2 Wallenberg Place) and 42 Great Cumberland Place, with area railings
List entry 1066769 · The pin is inside its outline · 45 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 44 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 45 with distances
Historic England ↗
Portman Estate 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.
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
National infrastructure project 10 m away: London Strategic Heat Main Project, at pre-application; Registered park or garden 205 m away: Portman Square and Manchester Square; Inside the City of Westminster built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Town centre 93 m away: West End.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Westminster
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Postcode
W1H 7TP
Received
6 Oct 2025
Validated
13 Oct 2025
Ward
Marylebone
Case officer
Show
Target decision
8 Dec 2025
Decision
Application Refused
Decision date
20 May 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Rapleys LLP

How this decision compares

Decided in 219 days from validation, 162 days slower than Westminster's median of 57 for listed building works. Refused, as 10% of listed building works here are.

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 13 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14232930
Planning Portal ref
PP-14232930
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

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Internal alterations.
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2019 Approved
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Within ~100m

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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. 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