Foreign & Commonwealth Office King Charles Street London SW1A 2AH

24/00388/ADLBCApproval of Details (ADLBC)Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 14 February 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Samples for mortar repairs, gilding and redecoration pursuant to Condition 3 of listed building consent dated 30 May 2022 (RN: 22/02317/LBC).

Received: 20 January 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 1
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's
Agent: Heritage Surveys Limited

ReceivedReceived20 Jan
ValidatedValidated20 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date16 Mar
DecidedDecided14 Feb

Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Foreign & Commonwealth Office King Charles Street London SW1A 2AH. Westminster has handled 3,063 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 3 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitehall conservation area, with 5 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 1,263 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.

92% of conditions 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: Approval of Details (ADLBC)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 January 2024
Target decision date: 16 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: Heritage Surveys Limited
Agent address: Capital Business Centre 22 Carlton Road South Croydon CR2 0BS

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12732204
Documents: 3

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: Foreign & Commonwealth Office King Charles Street London SW1A 2AHOn or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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