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16, Arlington Street, SW1A 1RD

25/03660/LBCFull planning & listed building consentApproved
Full

Approved on 24 February 2026

8 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition and replacement of external fire escape stair and alterations to the movement joint between 16 and 15 Arlington Street (Linked 25/03659/FULL)

Submitted
4 June 2025
  1. Received4 Jun
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Feb

Decided in 265 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 16, Arlington Street, SW1A 1RD. Westminster has handled 666 applications of this type. This one was decided in 265 days, 31 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 285 applications across SJW_22. We hold 1,268 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.

89% of full planning & 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
SW1A 1RD
Application type
Full planning & listed building consent

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    4 Jun

    Demolition and replacement of external fire escape stair and alterations to the movement joint between 16 and…

    ApprovedListed building consentPart of25/03659/FULL
  2. 2025
    4 Jun

    Demolition and replacement of external fire escape stair and alterations to the movement joint between 16 and…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent25/03660/LBC

Source: Westminster

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