41 - 54 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6AF
Approved on 24 July 2025
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Proposal
Replacement of the main front entrance, featuring a new revolving door and two semi-automated hinged doors. Updating the paving, entrance steps and ramp for luggage handling. To the rear, enhance the Hotel secondary entrance replacing the existing glazed roof and structure with new doors of the same size. Replacement ramp with a gently slopped floor to improve accessibility.
- Received
- 23 April 2025
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- Agent
- Savills UK Limited
- ReceivedReceived23 Apr
- ValidatedValidated23 Apr
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date18 Jun
- DecidedDecided24 Jul
Decided in 92 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 41 - 54 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6AF. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 92 days, 6 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Birdcage Walk conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 526 applications in total for the SW1E postcode area.
86% of full 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
- SW1E 6AF
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 April 2025
- Target decision date
- 18 June 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Savills UK Limited
- Agent address
- 33 Margaret Street London W1g 0JD United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Birdcage Walk
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
- Brownfield land register: Vandon House 1 Vandon Street London SW1H 0AHRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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 and heritage coasts.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Associated applications
- 202512 Nov
Details of the facing materials steps and ramp pursuant to condition 4 of planning permission dated 24th July…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/08270/ADFULL - 202523 Apr
Replacement of the main front entrance, featuring a new revolving door and two semi-automated hinged doors…
This applicationApprovedFull25/02782/FULL - 202523 Apr
Installation of fixed pergola on the first-floor terrace accessible through new door, replacing an existing…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission ApplicationFiled alongside25/02783/FULL
Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20258 Dec
Display of non illuminated sign on hoarding measuring 2.47m x 2.045m for a temporary period from 8 September…
ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/08269/ADV - 202512 Nov
Details of the facing materials you will use for the fixed pergola, including the colour and finshes pursuant…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/08271/ADFULL - 202329 Dec
Erection of timber structure to surround bin store.
ApprovedFull Planning Permission Application23/08956/FULL - 201723 Oct
Installation of replacement timber frame slimline double glazed windows (St. James Court Hotel).
ApprovedApplication for full Planning Permission17/09363/FULL - 201712 Jun
Replacement of all windows at first floor level and above with timber framed double glazed windows.
RefusedApplication for full Planning Permission17/05222/FULL - 200717 Jul
Installation of replacement glass canopy and paved entranceway with inset uplighters on Buckingham Gate…
ApprovedApplication for full Planning Permission07/06264/FULL
Source: Westminster
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