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Spencer House 27 St James's Place London SW1A 1NR

26/00098/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 2 April 2026

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Undertake paint analysis in the Painted Room, Spencer House.

Received
8 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
St James's
Agent
Janus Conservation Limited
  1. Received8 Jan
  2. Validated8 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided2 Apr

Decided in 84 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Spencer House 27 St James's Place London SW1A 1NR. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 20 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 1,263 applications in total for the SW1A 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
SW1A 1NR
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 January 2026
Consultation expiry
1 April 2026
Target decision date
5 March 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Janus Conservation Limited
Agent address
The Sanderum Centre 30A Upper High Street Thame Oxfordshire OX9 3EX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
11 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
1 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14166358
Documents
19

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: St James's
  • Listed building: Grade I: Spencer HouseOn 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.

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

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