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440 Strand London WC2R 0QS

25/07637/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 13 February 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Replacement of escalators and adjoining floor finishes within ground floor reception space

Received
21 October 2025
Ward
St James's
Agent
LOM architecture and design Ltd
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated21 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Dec
  5. Decided13 Feb

Decided in 115 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 440 Strand London WC2R 0QS. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 9 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 186 applications in total for the WC2R 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
WC2R 0QS
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 October 2025
Target decision date
16 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
LOM architecture and design Ltd
Architect profile
LOM ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN LIMITED
Agent address
The Glass House 5 Sclater Street London E1 6JY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14428856
Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

Source: Westminster

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

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