25, 31, Wellington Street, WC2E 7DD

25/08698/ADLBCApproval of details reserved by a condition (discharge)Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 12 January 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Details of a) an illustrated condition assessment of the uncovered steps at the stepped entrance following removal of the existing overcladding b)where stone can be easily repaired, revised drawings showing the following alteration to the scheme a method statement for the steps repair and reinstatement, including samples of any replacement materials and removal of the proposed overcladding or c) where stone steps are in a poor condition details of the overcladding in context of the retained fabric demonstrating a match to the existing historic material (including a photo sample) pursuant to Condition 4 of the listed building consent dated 02 July 2025 (25/01909/LBC)

Submitted: 28 November 2025
Council: City of Westminster

ReceivedSubmitted28 Nov
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided12 Jan

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at 25, 31, Wellington Street, WC2E 7DD. Westminster has handled 1,733 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Covent Garden conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 31 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 270 applications across SJW_22. We hold 396 applications in total for the WC2E postcode area.

89% of approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge) 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: WC2E 7DD
Application type: Approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge)

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Covent Garden
Listed building: Grade II: Charles H Fox Limited and Robert White and Sons Harper and Row LimitedOn this site · +3 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.

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© 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.

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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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20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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