2 Villiers Street London WC2N 6NQ
Proposal
Use of unit as ancillary Class C1 hotel space.
- Received
- 5 February 2024
- Decision due
- 23 April 2024
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- ReceivedReceived5 Feb
- ValidatedValidated27 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date23 Apr
- DecidedDecided
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About this application
This is a full planning application at 2 Villiers Street London WC2N 6NQ. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 5 February 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 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 6NQ
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 February 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 3 April 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Turley
- Agent address
- Brownlow Yard 12 Roger Street London WC1N 2JU United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 13 March 2024
- Advertisement expiry
- 3 April 2024
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Trafalgar Square
- Listed building: Unit 4a Charing Cross Station Strand London WC2N 5HSOn or next to this site
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.
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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
- 20245 Feb
Alterations to shopfront kiosk, installation of awning including internal alterations and other associated…
PendingFull Planning Permission ApplicationFiled alongside24/00724/FULL - 20245 Feb
Use of unit as ancillary Class C1 hotel space.
This applicationPendingFull24/00730/FULL
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202521 Aug
Removal of existing shopfront, and installation of a new openable shopfront; doors will fold open so as not…
ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/05968/FULL - 20242 Sep
Alterations to the ground floor kiosk to form a new shopfront. (Linked to 24/06107/LBC
PendingFull Planning Permission Application24/06106/FULL
Source: Westminster
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- Charing Cross Station Strand London WC2N 5HS25/03479/LBC · HeritageApproved0.0 mi
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- Charing Cross Hotel Strand London WC2N 5HX25/06656/LBC · HeritageApproved0.0 mi
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A listed building is on or next to this site.
- 0.5 miLondonRTPI
- 0.6 miLondonRTPI
- 0.7 miLondonRTPI
Nearest first, within 25 miles of the site. Every firm is listed free.
Contractors near this project
- Avent Roofing ServicesVerifiedWestminsterRoofing0.7 mi
- Atlas South Technical Service LimitedVerifiedLondonProperty MaintenanceHandyman1.3 mi
- Orient Construction Consultancy LimitedVerifiedLondon3.5 mi
- Nova Coat & PlasterVerifiedStreatham, LondonRenovations & RefurbishmentsPlastering4.8 mi
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