26 King Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8HN

24/07487/CLLBCert of Law - Prposed works to LBApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 11 November 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Confirmation that the removal of the ceiling slab and features above the first-floor staircase would not require listed building consent.

Received: 23 October 2024
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived23 Oct
ValidatedValidated23 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date4 Dec
DecidedDecided11 Nov

Decided in 19 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 26 King Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8HN. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 19 days, 4 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Covent Garden conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 396 applications in total for the WC2E postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: WC2E 8HN
Application type: Cert of Law - Prposed works to LB
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 23 October 2024
Target decision date: 4 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent: Gerald Eve
Agent address: One Fitzroy 6 Mortimer Street London SW1T 3JJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 42 days

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Covent Garden
Listed building: Grade II: 26, King Street Wc2On this site · +4 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
Brownfield land register: Garrick House 27 - 32 King Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8JDRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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.

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Planning history at this site

10 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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