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Whitehall House 41 Whitehall London SW1A 2BY

05/00320/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 21 March 2005

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of one air condenser unit within rear lightwell and provision of secondary glazing at fourth floor level.

Received
13 January 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received13 Jan
  2. Validated31 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided21 Mar

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Whitehall House 41 Whitehall London SW1A 2BY. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 3 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,263 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.

86% of full 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 2BY
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
31 January 2005
Consultation expiry
11 March 2005
Target decision date
27 March 2005
Committee meeting
21 March 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address
18 Hand Court High Holborn London WC1V 6JF

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 February 2005
Advertisement expiry
11 March 2005
Site notice start
10 February 2005
Site notice end
3 March 2005

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
10

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: Trafalgar Square
  • Listed building: Grade II: Whitehall HouseOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
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.

Source: Westminster

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