Wellington Barracks Birdcage Walk SW1E 6HQ

25/05557/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 5 November 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Alterations to the existing building including the replacement of windows and doors to all elevations, erection of balustrades at level 7 and roof level, installation of new plant and louvres at roof level, replacement of two isolated windows in the south elevation at level 06 with louvres and the cleaning repair and repainting of the external concrete facade.

Received: 8 August 2025
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments: 2
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's
Agent: Hatton Planning

ReceivedReceived8 Aug
ValidatedValidated10 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date5 Nov
DecidedDecided5 Nov

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at Wellington Barracks Birdcage Walk SW1E 6HQ. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 89 days, 6 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Birdcage Walk conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 526 applications in total for the SW1E postcode area.

86% of full 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: SW1E 6HQ
Application type: Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 September 2025
Consultation expiry: 8 October 2025
Target decision date: 5 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Hatton Planning
Agent address: Chandos Business Centre 87 Warwick Street Leamington Spa CV32 4RJ

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 17 September 2025
Advertisement expiry: 8 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14185456
Documents: 11

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: Birdcage Walk
Listed building: Grade II*: Guards Chapel, Wellington BarracksOn this site · +5 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Brownfield land register: Buckingham Court, 78 Buckingham Gate, London, SW1E 6PERegister site at or near this address · +2 more

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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Planning history at this site

13 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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