39 Wellington Street London WC2E 7BB
Proposal
Alterations to museum's Wellington Street building on level 01 to convert a staff office area into a new publicly accessible flexible gallery and learning studio, including the mirroring of the existing modern open stair connecting ground to mezzanine and level 01, so as to improve visitor flow to this new gallery.
- Received
- 13 January 2026
- Decided
- 2 March 2026
- Council
- City of Westminster
- ReceivedSubmitted13 Jan
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided2 Mar
Decided in 48 days
This is a planning application at 39 Wellington Street London WC2E 7BB. Westminster has handled 26,489 applications of this type and approves 88% of them, typically deciding them in 54 days. This one was decided in 48 days, 6 days quicker than Westminster's median. The site is in the Covent Garden conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 385 applications in total for the WC2E postcode area.
Application Details
Applicant & Agent
Planning Application Dates
Planning Decision
Publicity
Appeal
Additional Information
Source: Westminster
Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Track this application
Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.
Get email alerts near WC2E
New planning applications delivered to your inbox weekly.
Associated applications
- 202629 Jun
Replacement of GF visitor amenities (inc cupboards and back of house seating) with more wcs, relocated…
ApprovedListed building consentRelated26/04269/LBC - 202613 Jan
Alterations to museum's Wellington Street building on level 01 to convert a staff office area into a new…
This applicationApprovedListed building consent26/00172/LBC
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Covent Garden
- 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 2026-10-09. 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.
What's been approved on your street?
See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.