1, Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ

25/05490/LBCListed building consentApproved

Approved on 18 September 2025

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Proposal

CONFIDENTIAL APPLICATION for listed building consent for internal alterations to install doors and access controls on the lower ground floor

Submitted: 5 August 2025
Council: City of Westminster

ReceivedSubmitted5 Aug
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided18 Sep

Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a listed building consent application at 1, Horse Guards Road, London, SW1A 2HQ. Westminster has handled 675 applications of this type. This one was decided in 44 days, 5 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitehall conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 270 applications across SJW_22. We hold 1,261 applications in total for the SW1A 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: SW1A 2HQ
Application type: Listed building consent

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Whitehall
Listed building: Grade II*: New Government Offices (HM Treasury) and archway link with Foreign Office at east end of…On this site · +2 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Registered park and garden: St James'S ParkPart of the site
Brownfield land register: 8-10 Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AERegister site at or near this address

Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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