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Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DA

25/02572/FULLFull planning permissionApproved
Full

Approved on 30 May 2025

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Proposal

Replacement of external fire-escape staircase on north side of the building.

Submitted
14 April 2025
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 May

Decided in 46 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Charing Cross Road, WC2H 0DA. Westminster has handled 804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 3 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Covent Garden conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 270 applications across SJW_22. We hold 478 applications in total for the WC2H 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
WC2H 0DA
Application type
Full planning permission

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: The AlberyOn this site · +3 more
  • 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    14 Apr

    Replacement of external fire-escape staircase on north side of the building.

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside25/02279/LBC
  2. 2025
    14 Apr

    Replacement of external fire-escape staircase on north side of the building.

    This applicationApprovedFull planning permission25/02572/FULL

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    14 Oct

    Display of digital sign, set within recess on wall under the theatre entrance canopy measuring 1.75m x 0.60m…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/07418/ADV
  2. 2025
    14 Oct

    Digital display sign, set within recess on wall under the theatre entrance canopy. (Linked with 25/07418/ADV

    ApprovedListed building consent25/07417/LBC
  3. 2025
    30 Apr

    Internal alterations including creation of a gender neutral WC; accessibility improvements to Box A and…

    ApprovedListed building consent25/02995/LBC
  4. 2025
    30 Apr

    Replacement of the external door to the Stage Door entrance (Linked app: 25/02995/LBC

    ApprovedListed building consent25/02994/FULL
  5. 2025
    5 Feb

    Display of seven internally illuminated cross-street decorations measuring 8 m x 2 m and six lamp post…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/00789/ADV

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