Egyptian House 170 - 173 Piccadilly London W1J 9EJ

05/00471/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 15 March 2005

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Internal refurbishment of office suite including the removal of internal partitions, new kitchen/WC facilities, lighting and finishes throughout.

Received: 21 January 2005
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived21 Jan
ValidatedValidated1 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date28 Mar
DecidedDecided15 Mar

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Egyptian House 170 - 173 Piccadilly London W1J 9EJ. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There have been 23 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 940 applications in total for the W1J 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: W1J 9EJ
Application type: Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 1 February 2005
Target decision date: 28 March 2005
Committee meeting: 15 March 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address: Bishops Square Development Spital Square Tower Hamlets London E1 6DU

Planning decision

Statutory period: 55 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 7

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: Dudley HouseOn or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
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.

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© 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.

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Associated applications

2005
21 Jan
Internal refurbishment of office suite including the removal of internal partitions, new kitchen/WC…
ApprovedApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside05/00460/FULL
2005
21 Jan
Internal refurbishment of office suite including the removal of internal partitions, new kitchen/WC…
This applicationApprovedListed building consent05/00471/LBC
2005
18 Jan
Details of retention of nibs and downstands to mark the positions of the original partitions pursuant to…
RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside05/00407/ADLBC

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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