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31 King Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8JD

25/06779/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 14 November 2025

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Redecoration of facade, addition of new signage & new interior fit-out. (Linked with 25/06780/ADV)

Received
22 September 2025
Ward
St James's
Agent
Flagship Store Development Ltd
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated22 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target17 Nov
  5. Decided14 Nov

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for signage at 31 King Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8JD. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Covent Garden conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 396 applications in total for the WC2E postcode area.

93% of heritage 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
WC2E 8JD
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 September 2025
Target decision date
17 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Flagship Store Development Ltd
Agent address
6 Hine Close Retford DN22 7ZH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14348531
Comments
0
Documents
6

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Covent Garden
  • Listed building: Grade II: 31 and 32, King Street Wc2On this site · +3 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: Garrick House 27 - 32 King Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8JDRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    22 Sep

    Redecoration of facade, addition of new signage & new interior fit-out. (Linked with 25/06780/ADV

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent25/06779/LBC
  2. 2025
    22 Sep

    Display of on-illuminated hanging sign measuring 0.60m x 0.60m; two internally illuminated fascia signs each…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentPart of25/06780/ADV

Source: Westminster

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