8 Wilfred Street London SW1E 6PL
Refused on 9 April 2026
Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of guarding in association with use of roof as terrace.
- Received
- 28 January 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- Agent
- Lucy Wood Architects
- ReceivedReceived28 Jan
- ValidatedValidated28 Jan
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date25 Mar
- DecidedDecided9 Apr
Decided in 71 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 8 Wilfred Street London SW1E 6PL. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded 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 6PL
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 January 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 8 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 25 March 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Lucy Wood Architects
- Architect profile
- LUCY WOOD ARCHITECTS LTD
- Agent address
- 18 Britten Street London SW3 3TU
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 18 March 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 8 April 2026
Appeal history
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
- Conservation area: Birdcage Walk
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
- Brownfield land register: Eggington House 25-28 Buckingham Gate London SW1E 6LDRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage 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 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.
Source: Westminster
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