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66 Trafalgar Square London WC2N 5DS

25/06921/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 12 March 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of brackets for hanging flower baskets and associated cabling. (Retrospective)

Received
26 September 2025
Ward
St James's
  1. Received26 Sep
  2. Validated26 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Nov
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 167 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 66 Trafalgar Square London WC2N 5DS. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 167 days, 17 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 300 applications in total for the WC2N 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
WC2N 5DS
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 September 2025
Target decision date
21 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Heritage Potential
Agent address
Magdalen House 148 Tooley Street London Lewisham SE1 2TU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14258573
Comments
0
Documents
14

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 II: National Westminster BankOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: Admiralty Arch The Mall London SW1A 2DYRegister 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.

Source: Westminster

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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