Lancaster Place, WC2E 7EN

25/03541/NMANon-Material AmendmentRefused

Discharge / amendments

Refused on 26 June 2025

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

Proposal

Amendments to planning permission dated 30 July 2024 (RN: 24/01116/FULL) for the Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission dated 29 June 2023 (22/05277/FULL) for part demolition of rooftop plant room and creation of a single storey roof extension at Brettenham House to provide B1 office floorspace; associated creation of terraces to the north and south part of the roofs; replacement and relocation of roof plant to basement level at Brettenham House; creation of a new office entrance to Savoy Street at basement level one of Brettenham House; refurbishment of ground floor shopfronts at Brettenham House on Lancaster Place facade; provision of cycle parking and associated facilities in the basement of Brettenham House; replacement of all the external windows and associated facade maintenance and cleaning and associated works at Brettenham House and 1 Lancaster Place; namely, re-positioning of the fire escape door along Savoy Street and provision of louvre at the base of Core Stair 2 along Savoy Street.

Submitted: 23 May 2025
Council: City of Westminster

ReceivedSubmitted23 May
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided26 Jun

Decided in 34 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at Lancaster Place, WC2E 7EN. Westminster has handled 230 applications of this type. This one was decided in 34 days, 2 weeks quicker 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.

86% of non-material amendment 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: Non-Material Amendment

Site constraints

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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.

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