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26 St James's Place London SW1A 1NH

16/00169/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationRefused
Listed building consent

Refused on 23 March 2016

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation telecommunications equipment at roof level including 6no. multi-band antennas, 2no. transmission dishes and 9no. RRU's concealed within 2no.GRP replica chimney stacks, 4no. radio equipment cabinets located within an internal equipment room and ancillary development thereto.

Received
24 December 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
Agent
Mono Consultants Ltd
  1. Received24 Dec
  2. Validated3 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Mar
  5. Decided23 Mar

Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 26 St James's Place London SW1A 1NH. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 6 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 9 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 1NH
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 February 2016
Target decision date
30 March 2016
Decision issued
24 March 2016

Applicant and agent

Agent
Mono Consultants Ltd
Agent address
Steam Packet House 76 Cross Street Manchester M2 4DF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
24

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St James's
  • Listed building: Grade II*: 26, St James'S PlaceOn this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    13 Mar

    Cyclical redecoration and repair of External Elevations.

    ApprovedListed building consent26/01657/LBC
  2. 2026
    22 Jan

    Installation of solar control window film, exterior to the external pane of the existing steel framed double…

    ApprovedApplication26/01618/CLLB
  3. 2024
    30 Aug

    Removal of boiler flue and replacement new boiler flue at ground floor level. (Ground floor flat)…

    PendingFull Planning Permission Application24/06061/FULL
  4. 2023
    24 Nov

    Internal alterations to the Garden Flat.

    ApprovedListed building consent23/08179/LBC
  5. 2016
    26 Feb

    Approval of details pursuant to conditions 3 and 4 of planning permission dated 27 April 2015 (RN…

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditions16/01711/ADFULL
  6. 2015
    4 Dec

    Internal alterations to the ground floor lobby area including cleaning and replacement of existing internal…

    ApprovedListed building consent15/11314/LBC

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