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37 St James's Street London SW1A 1JD

25/07028/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 18 February 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

External accessible passenger lift from the ground floor to basement level and internal accessible passenger lift from basement to ground floor; formalisation of existing services, including new plant room with screening to roof (Linked 25/07029/LBC).

Received
30 September 2025
Ward
St James's
Agent
Planning Potential Ltd.
  1. Received30 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target25 Nov
  5. Decided18 Feb

Decided in 141 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 37 St James's Street London SW1A 1JD. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 141 days, 13 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,263 applications in total for the SW1A 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
SW1A 1JD
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2025
Target decision date
25 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Planning Potential Ltd.
Agent address
Magdalen House 148 Tooley Street London SE1 2TU United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14343853
Comments
0
Documents
113

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St James's
  • Listed building: Grade I: White'S ClubOn this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

© 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
    30 Sep

    External accessible passenger lift from the ground floor to basement level and internal accessible passenger…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/07028/FULL
  2. 2025
    30 Sep

    External accessible passenger lift from the ground floor to basement level and internal accessible passenger…

    ApprovedListed building consentPart of25/07029/LBC

Source: Westminster

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

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