47 Francis Street London SW1P 1QR

25/06953/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 13 February 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Limited demolition, refurbishment of third floor (retained in ancillary Class F1 use) and installation of new service plant including air intake & extract within 2No new dormer structures to rear roof; external & internal service runs; and ground level Air Source Heat Pump within existing outbuilding.

Received: 26 September 2025
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: Vincent Square
Agent: Alistair Grills Associates

ReceivedReceived26 Sep
ValidatedValidated2 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date27 Nov
DecidedDecided13 Feb

Decided in 134 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at 47 Francis Street London SW1P 1QR. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 140 days, 13 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Cathedral conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Vincent Square. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P 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: SW1P 1QR
Application type: Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 2 October 2025
Consultation expiry: 5 November 2025
Target decision date: 27 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Alistair Grills Associates
Agent address: 4 Chisholm Road Richmond TW10 6JH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Last advertised: 15 October 2025
Advertisement expiry: 5 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14324991
Comments: 0
Documents: 64

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
Conservation area: Westminster Cathedral
Listed building: Grade II: Friary of St FrancisOn this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed

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.

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.

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.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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