5, Aldwych, London, WC2B 4LD

25/04246/LBCListed building consentWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 15 August 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Use of the fourth floor to residential (C3 Use). Internal and external alterations to create a single residential dwelling, creation of a roof garden/ terrace, refurbishment of the ground floor former cafe/bar space to become the lobby to the refurbished offices and flat, new external staircase, and external lift shaft within rear lightwell

Submitted: 14 July 2025
Council: City of Westminster

ReceivedSubmitted14 Jul
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided15 Aug

Decided in 32 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a listed building consent application at 5, Aldwych, London, WC2B 4LD. Westminster has handled 675 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 32 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Strand conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 270 applications across SJW_22. We hold 199 applications in total for the WC2B 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: WC2B 4LD
Application type: Listed building consent

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Strand
Listed building: Grade II: Novello TheatreOn this site
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

2025
14 Jul
Use of the fourth floor to residential (C3 Use). Internal and external alterations to create a single…
This applicationWithdrawnListed building consent25/04246/LBC
2025
14 Jul
Novello Flat & Waldorf Chambers NMA
RefusedNon-material amendmentFiled alongside25/04827/NMA

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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