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Strand, WC2N 5HS

25/04720/APAPrior ApprovalApproved

Approved on 3 September 2025

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Proposal

Prior Approval under Part 18 (Class A) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (Amended) Order 2015 for external alterations to Villiers Street facade including replacement of partially louvered windows with fully louvered windows, replacement of drainpipe, and replacement of clay pot wall with brickwork wall.

Submitted
9 July 2025
  1. Received9 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Sep

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for window replacement at Strand, WC2N 5HS. Westminster has handled 2 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 276 applications across SJW_22. We hold 300 applications in total for the WC2N postcode area.

88% of all 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
WC2N 5HS
Application type
Prior Approval

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: AdelphiPart of the site · +1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: Charing Cross HotelOn or next to 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.

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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    9 Jul

    Prior Approval under Part 18 (Class A) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)…

    This applicationApprovedPrior Approval25/04720/APA
  2. 2025
    9 Jul

    Prior Approval under Part 18 (Class A) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)…

    PendingAll OtherFiled alongside25/04720/XRHER

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    3 Aug

    Prior Approval under Part 18 (Class A) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development)…

    ApprovedApplication26/05874/APA
  2. 2026
    3 Aug

    External alterations to Villiers Street facade comprising replacement of partially louvered windows with…

    ApprovedListed building consent26/05242/LBC
  3. 2026
    7 Jul

    Replacement of 54 footfall sensor devices with 29 stereoscopic sensors and 4 cameras

    ApprovedListed building consent26/04520/LBC
  4. 2025
    14 Nov

    Alterations to shopfronts of retail units 17 and 18 within station concourse.

    ApprovedListed building consent25/08336/LBC
  5. 2025
    9 Jul

    external alterations to Villiers Street façade including replacement of partially louvered windows with fully…

    ApprovedListed building consent25/04716/LBC
  6. 2025
    21 May

    Internal floor remedial works within units 17 and 18 located in the south eastern corner of the Station.

    ApprovedListed building consent25/03479/LBC

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