The National Gallery Trafalgar Square London WC2N 5DN Data via plota.co.uk

26/06597/LBC - Listed Building Consent Application Pending
Extensions & alterationsListed buildings

Proposal

Refurbishment and repairs to Room 9. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 20 Nov 2026

This application is under consideration - no decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 15 Nov 2026 and 24 Nov 2026, from Westminster's recent extensions.

Documents 20

Statements & assessments 1

PDF DESIGN, ACCESS AND HERITAGE STATEMENT Design and Access Statement · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 17

PDF EXISTING SITE PLAN Drawing · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF LOCATION PLAN Location Plan · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF LOCATION PLAN Location Plan · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SECTIONAL ELEVATION - DD Drawing · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SECTIONAL ELEVATION - BB Drawing · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SECTIONAL ELEVATION - CC Drawing · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING ROOF PLAN Drawing · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING MAIN FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SECTIONAL ELEVATION - AA Drawing · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING WALL & FLOOR DEMOLITION Drawing · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF DEMOLITION STRIP OUT AND PROTECTIONS PLAN Drawing · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SECTIONAL ELEVATION - DD Drawing · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED MAIN FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SECTIONAL ELEVATION - BB Drawing · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED ROOF PLAN Drawing · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SECTIONAL ELEVATION - AA Drawing · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SECTIONAL ELEVATION - CC Drawing · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 25 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION Other · 1 Oct 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Trafalgar 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 ↗
2 Article 4 directions
Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed · Article 4 Direction Class E To C3 In Central Activities Zone. 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 1.2
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 ↗
Town centre: West End
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
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.
Registered park or garden 66 m away: Trafalgar 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 ↗
28 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Statue of George Washington, Grade II, 43 m away · 6 Grade I, 8 Grade II*, 14 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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Also on the record
Inside the City of Westminster built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 October 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
Listed Building Consent Application
Postcode
WC2N 5DN
Received
25 Sept 2026
Validated
25 Sept 2026
Ward
St James's
Case officer
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Target decision
20 Nov 2026
Applicant
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Agent
Feilden+Mawson Group Ltd
Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 9 of the 56-day target. Westminster usually decides extensions by day 55.

Day 947 days to the 56-day target
56%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
1,672decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 2 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15246824
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Installation of new ventilation plant on the second floor roof of the Conservation Studio…
25/06612/LBC
2025
Installation of new ventilation plant on the second floor roof of the Conservation Studio…
25/06611/FULL
2025 Approved
Internal alterations to the Lecture Theatre and Green Room to support new AV/IT equipment…
25/03998/LBC
2025 Approved
Display of floor vinyl graphics for a temporary period from 09 June 2025 to 01 September…
25/03975/ADV
2025
Installation of two new totems and wayfinding signage to the entrance of the Supporters H…
25/02444/LBC
2025
Display of two non illuminated totem signs measuring 1.4m x 0.545m, 1.665m x 0.545m and t…
25/02449/ADV
2025
Installation of two new totems and wayfinding signage to the entrance of the Supporters H…
25/02448/FULL
2025
Installation of external cornice lighting along the parapet of the Wilkins building and t…
25/02162/LBC
2025
Installation of external cornice lighting along the parapet of the Wilkins building and t…
25/02161/FULL
2025
Internal stone carving at the foot of the Grand Stair within the National Gallery
25/01983/LBC
2025
Removal of vent and block up with stone indent repair to allow carving and carving of let…
25/01401/LBC
2025
Display of non- iluminated fascia sign measuring 0.14m x 3.80m. (Linked with 25/01401/LBC)
25/01402/ADV
2025
Removal of the blockwork partitions to the south to open up the space; new wall to former…
25/01366/LBC
2025
Installation of lighting along the parapet of the Wilkins building and the Sainsbury Wing…
25/00863/LBC
2025
Installation of lighting along the parapet of the Wilkins building and the Sainsbury Wing…
25/00862/FULL
2024
Display of surface mounted digital screen adjacent to the main entrance on Orange Street…
24/08937/ADV
2024
Installation of surface mounted digital screen adjacent to the main entrance on Orange St…
24/08932/LBC
2024
Display of two internally illuminated digital screen totem signs each measuring 0.781m X…
24/08876/ADV
2024
Display of two non illuminated carved fascia signs measuring 0.59m x 0.97m, 0.14m x 5.16m…
24/08317/ADV
2024
External stone carved letterings to main entrance on Orange Street. (Linked with 24/08317…
24/08315/LBC
2016 Approved
Erection of over-roofs to roofs R13, 39 and 169 to remove the sumps and divert rainwater…
16/06152/LBC
2016 Approved
Display of non illuminated hoarding measuring to 49.3m by 9m in total from the 5th Septem…
16/06822/ADV
2016 Approved
Internal alterations.
16/04984/LBC
2016 Approved
Installation of two sets of new double doors within the West Entrance, Entrance Lobby.
16/03926/LBC
2016 Approved
Display of hoarding measuring to 49.3m by 9m in total from the 23rd May 2016 until the 9t…
16/02418/ADV
Within ~100m

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2025
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25/04255/FULL
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25/02746/ADV
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2025
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2025
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Display of one non illuminated metal sign measuring 0.66m x 1.47m to be fixed on upper pl…
25/00940/ADV
2024
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Installation of canopies to roof terrace areas.
24/07452/FULL
2024
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Variation of Condition 2 of planning permission dated 22 December 2023 (RN 23/07259/FULL)…
24/06875/FULL
2024
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Display of an internally illuminated fascia sign measuring 31cm x 135cm.
24/05252/ADV
2024
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Alterations to the existing stairs and walls of the lightwell at the ground and lower gro…
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2024
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Refurbishment of existing stairs and walls of the lightwell at the ground and lower groun…
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2024
National Portrait Gallery 2 St Martin's Place London WC2H 0HE
Display of an internally illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.5m X 1m, 0.4m X 0.3m and 0.1…
24/01509/ADV
2023 Approved
Pitch 1714 St Martin's Place London WC2N 5DN
Variation of condition 2 of planning permission dated 18 November 2022 (RN: 22/06362/FULL…
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2023
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Display of externally illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.54m X 2.815m, externally illumi…
23/08014/ADV
2023
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Installation of a new shopfront. Installation of one new electronically retractable awnin…
23/08013/FULL
2023 Approved
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Use of part ground floor as restaurant (Class E) and associated installation of louvres w…
23/04844/FULL
2023
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Replacement of the existing canopy to the front elevation.
23/07800/FULL
2023
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2016 Approved
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2016 Approved
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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

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