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20 Cockspur Street London SW1Y 5BL

04/07786/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 14 December 2004

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Formation of three retail (either Class A1 or Class A2) units at ground floor and basement, with self contained office unit (Class B1) at basement level and modifications to entrance.

Received
4 October 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated22 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Dec
  5. Decided14 Dec

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 20 Cockspur Street London SW1Y 5BL. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 969 applications in total for the SW1Y postcode area.

93% of heritage 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
SW1Y 5BL
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 October 2004
Consultation expiry
26 November 2004
Target decision date
16 December 2004
Committee meeting
14 December 2004

Applicant and agent

Agent address
C/o 123-125 City Road London EC1V 1JB

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
5 November 2004
Advertisement expiry
26 November 2004

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: St James's
  • Listed building: Grade II: 17-19, Cockspur Street Sw1On or next to this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    31 Mar

    Display of a non-illuminated inset advertisement measuring 8m (height) x 6m (width) set within a 1:1 façade…

    RefusedAdvertisement consent26/02156/ADV
  2. 2024
    11 Jan

    Display of one non-illuminated advertisement measuring 5m x 4m set within a 1:1 facade replication scaffold…

    PendingAdvertisement consent24/00175/ADV
  3. 2016
    19 Feb

    External repairs and maintenance works comprising of minor stone repairs, stone facade clean, roof inspection…

    ApprovedListed building consent16/01518/LBC
  4. 2007
    5 Apr

    Display of a shroud advertisement for a temporary period of 6 months.

    RefusedAdvertisement consent07/03126/ADV
  5. 2007
    5 Apr

    Display of advertisement on hoarding at first to third floor level on corner Warwick House Street and…

    RefusedListed building consent07/03127/LBC
  6. 2005
    5 Apr

    Internal alterations.

    ApprovedListed building consent05/02599/LBC

Source: Westminster

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