26, King Street, Covent Garden, WC2E 8HN

25/02023/LBCListed building consentApproved

Approved on 22 May 2025

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Proposal

Repair works to the render and brick work on the facade and at basement level, together with the replacement partition at first floor level.

Submitted: 26 March 2025
Council: City of Westminster

ReceivedSubmitted26 Mar
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided22 May

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a listed building consent application at 26, King Street, Covent Garden, WC2E 8HN. Westminster has handled 675 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Covent Garden conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 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.

90% of listed building consent 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 8HN
Application type: Listed building consent

Site constraints

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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

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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