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Foreign & Commonwealth Office King Charles Street London SW1A 2AH

14/03432/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 3 July 2014

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Reconfiguration of a meeting room on the lower ground floor to provide additional office space.

Received
10 April 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
Agent
ESA Planning
  1. Received10 Apr
  2. Validated10 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Jun
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 84 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Foreign & Commonwealth Office King Charles Street London SW1A 2AH. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitehall conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 41 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,261 applications in total for the SW1A 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
SW1A 2AH
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 April 2014
Consultation expiry
23 May 2014
Target decision date
5 June 2014
Committee meeting
3 July 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
ESA Planning
Agent address
Capita Property & Infrastructure 75 Wells Street London W1T 3QH

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
2 May 2014
Advertisement expiry
23 May 2014
Site notice start
24 April 2014
Site notice end
15 May 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03319258
Comments
0
Documents
9

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: Whitehall
  • Listed building: Foreign & Commonwealth Office King Charles Street London SW1A 2AHOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2024
    12 Jul

    Details of revised survey drawings showing all works to the porticos, including the steps; and a revised…

    PendingDischarge of conditions24/04703/ADFULL
  2. 2024
    12 Jul

    Details of revised survey drawings showing all works to the porticos, including the steps and a revised…

    PendingListed building consent24/04772/ADLBC
  3. 2024
    22 May

    Details of sample panels of cleaning trials / stone samples for indent repairs / review of revealed substrate…

    PendingListed building consent24/03392/ADLBC
  4. 2024
    8 May

    Refurbishment of Gurkha stairs lantern rooflight, to include replacement glazing. (Linked with 24/03028/FULL

    PendingListed building consent24/03029/LBC
  5. 2024
    8 May

    Refurbishment of Gurkha stairs lantern rooflight, to include replacement glazing. (Linked with 24/03029/LBC

    PendingFull Planning Permission Application24/03028/FULL
  6. 2024
    6 Mar

    Replace timber casement windows to fourth floor meeting room area with aluminium casement windows. (Linked…

    PendingFull Planning Permission Application24/01480/FULL

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