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26 Old Queen Street London SW1H 9HP

14/03864/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 7 July 2014

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Variation of Condition 1 and removal of Condition 6 of planning permission dated 19 Oct 2012 (RN: 12/08258) for external alterations in association with the use of the property as a single family dwelling; namely, to allow installation of a painted metal balustrade at sixth floor level to enable use of the roof as a terrace.

Received
25 April 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated12 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Jul
  5. Decided7 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 26 Old Queen Street London SW1H 9HP. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 73 days, 3 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in 14 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 414 applications in total for the SW1H 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
SW1H 9HP
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 May 2014
Consultation expiry
20 June 2014
Target decision date
7 July 2014
Committee meeting
7 July 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Cousins & Cousins
Agent address
Linton House 39-51 Highgate Road London NW5 1RT

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 May 2014
Advertisement expiry
20 June 2014
Site notice start
29 May 2014
Site notice end
19 June 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03345900
Comments
0
Documents
11

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: Birdcage Walk
  • Listed building: Grade II: 26 and 28, Old Queen Street Sw1On or next to this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: Queen Anne's Gate Buildings 29-35 Old Queen Street London SW1H 9JARegister site at or near this address
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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2014
    25 Apr

    Variation of Condition 1 and removal of Condition 6 of planning permission dated 19 Oct 2012 (RN: 12/08258

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)14/03864/FULL
  2. 2014
    25 Apr

    Installation of a painted metal balustrade at sixth floor level.

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside14/03865/LBC

Source: Westminster

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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