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Charing Cross Hotel Strand London WC2N 5HX

24/08710/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationAwaiting decision
Listed building consent
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Replacement of the existing fire escape staircase to the southwestern elevation of The Charing Cross Hotel and replacement external doors serving the fire escape. (Linked with 24/08709/FULL)

Received
13 December 2024
Decision due
7 February 2025
Ward
St James's
Agent
Montagu Evans LLP
  1. Received13 Dec
  2. Validated13 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Feb
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a heritage application at Charing Cross Hotel Strand London WC2N 5HX. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 13 December 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 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.

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
WC2N 5HX
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 December 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Montagu Evans LLP
Agent address
70 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13510503
Comments
0
Documents
1

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: Charing Cross HotelOn 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 (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. 2025
    21 Apr

    Detailed drawings of the new doors pursuant to Condition 3 of listed building consent dated 6 February 2025…

    ApprovedListed building consentRelated25/02614/ADLBC
  2. 2024
    13 Dec

    Replacement of the existing fire escape staircase to the southwestern elevation of The Charing Cross Hotel…

    This applicationPendingListed building consent24/08710/LBC

Source: Westminster

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

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