Foreign & Commonwealth Office King Charles Street London SW1A 2AH

14/05213/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 4 September 2014

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Internal alterations consisting of new lighting scheme; reinstatement of six high level pendant light fittings fixed to ceiling and installation of high level linear luminaries.

Received: 2 June 2014
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's
Agent: Heritage Surveys Limited

ReceivedReceived2 Jun
ValidatedValidated2 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date28 Jul
DecidedDecided4 Sep

Decided in 94 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 94 days, 6 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitehall conservation area, with 8 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).

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Application details

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

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 June 2014
Consultation expiry: 11 July 2014
Target decision date: 28 July 2014
Committee meeting: 4 September 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent: Heritage Surveys Limited
Agent address: 20 Hanover Square London W1S 1JY

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 20 June 2014
Advertisement expiry: 11 July 2014
Site notice start: 16 June 2014
Site notice end: 7 July 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-03406017
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.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Whitehall
Listed building: Grade I: Foreign and Commonwealth Office With Home Office the Foreign Office the Foreign Office (F…On or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed

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

2014
2 Jun
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This applicationApprovedListed building consent14/05213/LBC
2014
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Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission dated 13 December 2013 (RN: 13/08833
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Filed alongside14/05096/FULL
2014
29 May
Variation of Condition 1 of listed building consent dated 13 December 2013 (RN: 13/08834
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside14/05203/LBC

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20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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