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2, St Martin's Place, WC2H 0HE

25/04255/FULLFull planning & listed building consentApproved
Full

Approved on 11 November 2025

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Proposal

Alterations to existing railings to Weston Wing entrance and associated works.

Submitted
23 June 2025
  1. Received23 Jun
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 141 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at 2, St Martin's Place, WC2H 0HE. Westminster has handled 666 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 13 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 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.

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
WC2H 0HE
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.

  • Conservation area: Trafalgar Square
  • Listed building: Grade I: National Portrait GalleryOn this site · +2 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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    4 Nov

    Modification of selected window joinery at Second Floor North galleries and First Floor Weston Wing galleries…

    PendingListed building consent26/07522/LBC
  2. 2026
    15 May

    Erection of temporary scaffold within loading bay to deliver the proposals permitted under 25/09292/FULL

    ApprovedCert of Law - Prposed works to LB26/03245/CLLB
  3. 2025
    23 Dec

    Installation of air source heat pumps and associated roof level alterations and internal pipework.

    ApprovedListed building consent25/09293/LBC
  4. 2025
    23 Dec

    Installation of air source heat pumps and associated roof level alterations.

    ApprovedApplication25/09292/FULL
  5. 2025
    22 Dec

    Details of photographic sample/s of new stonework for: (a) the new sections of plinth, and (b) indent…

    ApprovedListed building consent25/09218/ADLBC
  6. 2025
    22 Apr

    Display of five non-illuminated railing mounted marketing boards measuring 140cm x 69cm, one non-illuminated…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/02746/ADV

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