Wellington Barracks Birdcage Walk SW1E 6HQ

25/07142/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 20 November 2025

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Proposal

Installation of an external flue/cowl to the existing tower (Block 4).

Received: 3 October 2025
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's
Agent: Hatton Planning

ReceivedReceived3 Oct
ValidatedValidated8 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date3 Dec
DecidedDecided20 Nov

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Wellington Barracks Birdcage Walk SW1E 6HQ. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. 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: 8 October 2025
Target decision date: 3 December 2025

Applicant and agent

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

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14252863
Comments: 0
Documents: 2

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: Birdcage Walk
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

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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Planning history at this site

13 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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