Swire House 59 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6AJ
Approved on 28 May 2026
Proposal
Alterations and improvements to ground floor entrance (Buckingham Gate) including new revolving door (repositioning existing) new pass door, new external glazing, and introducing hard/soft landscaping and metal planters. Installation of gate enclosure to rear access (Spenser Street).
- Received
- 22 December 2025
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- Agent
- Robinson Escott Planning
- ReceivedReceived22 Dec
- ValidatedValidated22 Dec
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date16 Feb
- DecidedDecided28 May
Decided in 157 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for window replacement at Swire House 59 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6AJ. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 157 days, 15 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 6AJ
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 25 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 16 February 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Robinson Escott Planning
- Agent address
- Robinson Escott Planning Downe House 303 High Street Orpington BR6 0NN United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 4 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 25 March 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation 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, 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
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Detailed drawings of a planting scheme which includes the number, size, species and position of trees and…
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This applicationApprovedFull25/09281/FULL
Source: Westminster
Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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- Robinson Escott Planning LLP · Agent for this application
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