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49 Charing Cross London SW1A 2DX

05/01605/ADLBCApproval of Details (ADLBC)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 8 March 2005

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Paint colour to facade light fittings pursuant to Condition 2 of listed building consent dated 10 December 2003 (RN: 03/08449).

Received
3 March 2005
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received3 Mar
  2. Validated3 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided8 Mar

Decided in 5 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 49 Charing Cross London SW1A 2DX. Westminster has handled 3,063 applications of this type. This one was decided in 5 days, 6 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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.

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 2DX
Application type
Approval of Details (ADLBC)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 March 2005
Target decision date
27 April 2005
Committee meeting
8 March 2005

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Seymour House 51 Praed Street London W2 1NR

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2

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: Trafalgar Square
  • Listed building: Grade II: Royal Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland, Drummond'S BankOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: 49 Charing Cross London SW1A 2DXRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 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

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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.

© 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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