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Lancaster Place, WC2E 7EN

25/00656/FULLFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 15 April 2025

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

Proposal

Installation and replacement of external lighting to Brettenham House and 1 Lancaster Place.

Submitted
18 February 2025
  1. Received18 Feb
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Lancaster Place, WC2E 7EN. Westminster has handled 804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Savoy conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 14 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 276 applications across SJW_22. We hold 396 applications in total for the WC2E postcode area.

84% of full planning permission 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
WC2E 7EN
Application type
Full planning permission

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: Savoy
  • 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

16 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    3 Sep

    Display of internally illuminated hanging signs, each measuring 0.61m X 0.61m, at the commercial unit at the…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent26/06038/ADV
  2. 2025
    20 Nov

    Detailed drawings of all new doors, windows, spandrels and samples of the facing materials you will use…

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditions25/08318/ADFULL
  3. 2025
    18 Nov

    Details of a biodiversity management plan, pursuant to condition 5 of planning permission dated 26 June 2025…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/08421/ADFULL
  4. 2025
    19 Aug

    Re-positioning of the fire escape door on Savoy Street.

    ApprovedFull planning permission25/05657/FULL
  5. 2025
    22 Jul

    Brettenham House Louvres NMA

    ApprovedNon-material amendment25/04935/NMA
  6. 2025
    1 Jul

    Details of all new doors, windows and spandrels pursuant to Condition 4 (iii) of planning permission dated 30…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/04507/ADFULL

Source: Westminster

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