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Old War Office Whitehall London SW1A 2EU

02/07869/ADFULLApproval of Details (Full PP)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 8 November 2002

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Details of installation of intruder detection system on ground and first floors pursuant to Condition 2 of planning permission dated 1 November 2001 (01/03864/FULL)

Received
11 October 2002
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received11 Oct
  2. Validated11 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Dec
  5. Decided8 Nov

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Old War Office Whitehall London SW1A 2EU. Westminster has handled 3,063 applications of this type. This one was decided in 28 days, 3 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitehall conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 18 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 475 applications across St James's. We hold 1,268 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.

92% of conditions applications at City of Westminster were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SW1A 2EU
Application type
Approval of Details (Full PP)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 October 2002
Target decision date
5 December 2002
Committee meeting
8 November 2002

Applicant and agent

Agent address
216 Oxford Street London W1R 1AH

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Whitehall
  • Listed building: Consession Mod Centre Main Building Horse Guards Avenue London SW1A 2HBOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: Old War Office Whitehall London SW1A 2EURegister site at or near this address · +1 more
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

16 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2017
    20 Oct

    Variation of Condition 1, 4 and 5 (a) of listed building consent dated 11 October 2017 (RN: 17/07422/LBC

    ApprovedListed building consent17/09371/LBC
  2. 2017
    20 Oct

    Variation of Conditions 1, 13, 16, 7(a), 9, 38 and removal of Condition 40 of planning permission dated 10…

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)17/09368/FULL
  3. 2017
    13 Oct

    Internal and external alterations associated with the temporary removal and reinstatement of the western…

    ApprovedListed building consent17/09138/LBC
  4. 2017
    5 Oct

    Internal alterations including the removal and addition of partitions associated with the installation of…

    ApprovedListed building consent17/08871/LBC
  5. 2017
    29 Sep

    Details of evidence that implementation of the scheme will be bound by the Council's Code of Construction…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions17/08709/ADFULL
  6. 2017
    7 Sep

    Details of building recording and analysis pursuant to condition 4 of listed building consent dated 10th July…

    ApprovedListed building consent17/08033/ADLBC

Source: Westminster

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