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13 Craven Street London WC2N 5PB

23/02853/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 24 October 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Installation of 2 air source heat pumps in rear lightwell area at ground floor level.

Received
28 April 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
St James's
Agent
Jon Lowe Heritage Ltd
  1. Received28 Apr
  2. Validated11 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Jul
  5. Decided24 Oct

Decided in 166 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 13 Craven Street London WC2N 5PB. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 179 days, 19 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 475 applications across St James's. We hold 300 applications in total for the WC2N 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
WC2N 5PB
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 May 2023
Target decision date
6 July 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Jon Lowe Heritage Ltd
Agent address
91 Wimpole Street London W1G 0EF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12120960
Documents
32

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Trafalgar Square
  • Listed building: Grade II: 13 and 14, Craven Street Wc2On or next to this site · +1 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.

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. 2023
    28 Apr

    Installation of 2 air source heat pumps in rear lightwell area at ground floor level.

    This applicationApprovedFull23/02853/FULL
  2. 2023
    28 Apr

    Office refurbishment including internal alterations and installation of two air source heat pumps in rear…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside23/02854/LBC

Source: Westminster

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

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