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Admiralty Arch The Mall London SW1A 1AA

07/05693/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 13 August 2007

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of CCTV cameras to the external elevation.

Received
29 June 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received29 Jun
  2. Validated29 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Aug
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Admiralty Arch The Mall London SW1A 1AA. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Royal Parks conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications 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 1AA
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 June 2007
Target decision date
23 August 2007
Committee meeting
15 August 2007

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Alto House 29/30 Newbury Street London EC1A 7HZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
4

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: Royal Parks
  • Listed building: Buckingham Palace The Mall London SW1A 1AAOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Registered park and garden: Buckingham Palace
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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 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

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2015
    24 Nov

    Details of secondary glazing; works to existing doors and typical new internal doors; typical guest room fit…

    ApprovedListed building consent15/10940/ADLBC
  2. 2014
    2 Jun

    Use of Admiralty Arch as a 100 bedroom hotel, private members club and one self contained residential unit…

    ApprovedListed building consent14/05316/LBC
  3. 2014
    2 Jun

    Use of Admiralty Arch as a 100 bedroom hotel, private members club and one self contained residential unit…

    ApprovedApplication for full Planning Permission14/05315/FULL
  4. 2007
    30 Jan

    Removal of timber stud internal partition between Rooms LG03 - LG04

    ApprovedListed building consent07/00977/LBC
  5. 2004
    22 Nov

    Installation of handrails and steps in the north entrance lobby.

    ApprovedCrown Proposal (Circular 1884 Procedure)04/09205/1884

Source: Westminster

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