8 - 10 Great George Street London SW1P 3AE
Approved on 14 April 2026
Proposal
Excavation of an additional basement level and associated works.
- Received
- 4 November 2025
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- Agent
- Gerald Eve LLP
- ReceivedReceived4 Nov
- ValidatedValidated10 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date5 Jan
- DecidedDecided14 Apr
Decided in 155 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 8 - 10 Great George Street London SW1P 3AE. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 161 days, 16 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square conservation area, with 10 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 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P 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
- SW1P 3AE
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 November 2025
- Target decision date
- 5 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Gerald Eve LLP
- Agent address
- Gerald Eve LLP One Fitzroy 6 Mortimer Street London W1T 3JJ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Westminster Abbey And Parliament Square
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
- Brownfield land register: 8-10 Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AERegister site at or near this address
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.
Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20264 Sep
Amendments to planning permission dated 08 November 2019 (RN: 19/02730/FULL
ApprovedNon-material amendment26/06050/NMA - 202622 Jan
Amendments to planning permission dated 08 November 2019 (RN: 19/02730/FULL
ApprovedNon-material amendment26/00372/NMA - 20154 Dec
Implementation of planning permission dated 8 September 2014 (13/10511/FULL
ApprovedCertificate of Lawfulness (existing)15/11351/CLEUD - 201522 Oct
Amendment to planning permission dated 8 November 2014 (13/10511/FULL
ApprovedNon-material amendment15/10067/NMA - 200425 Nov
Installation of two dry cooled condensers and acoustic screening at seventh floor roof level.
ApprovedApplication for full Planning Permission04/09362/FULL
Source: Westminster
Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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