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Basement 34 Old Queen Street London SW1H 9HP

15/11095/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 15 March 2016

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Excavation works to create a single-storey basement under the footprint of the house. Installation of an air conditioning unit at roof level. Associated internal alterations.

Received
27 November 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
St James's
Agent
Phillips Planning Services Limited
  1. Received27 Nov
  2. Validated27 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Jan
  5. Decided15 Mar

Decided in 109 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Basement 34 Old Queen Street London SW1H 9HP. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 9 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Birdcage Walk conservation area, with 15 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.

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
SW1H 9HP
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 November 2015
Consultation expiry
29 January 2016
Target decision date
22 January 2016
Committee meeting
22 March 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Phillips Planning Services Limited
Agent address
Kingsbrook House 7 Kingsway Bedford Bedfordshire MK42 9BA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
8 January 2016
Advertisement expiry
29 January 2016
Site notice start
18 December 2015
Site notice end
8 January 2016

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-04653078
Documents
72

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: 30 and 32, 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. 2015
    27 Nov

    Excavation works to create a single-storey basement under the footprint of the house. Installation of an air…

    ApprovedApplication for full Planning PermissionFiled alongside15/11094/FULL
  2. 2015
    27 Nov

    Excavation works to create a single-storey basement under the footprint of the house. Installation of an air…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent15/11095/LBC

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