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16 King Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8JF

26/00903/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 9 April 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Replacement of principle entrance doors. [Linked to 26/00904/LBC]

Received
13 February 2026
Ward
St James's
Agent
AXIS Architecture
  1. Received13 Feb
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target10 Apr
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 16 King Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8JF. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Covent Garden conservation area, with 20 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 396 applications in total for the WC2E 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
WC2E 8JF
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2026
Consultation expiry
8 April 2026
Target decision date
10 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
AXIS Architecture
Agent address
Talbot Chambers 2-6 North Church Street Sheffield S1 2DH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
18 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
8 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13962540
Comments
0
Documents
14

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: 27 AND 28, BEDFORD STREET WC2 (See details for further address information)On this site · +3 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref W180Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Brownfield land register: Garrick House 27 - 32 King Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8JDRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    13 Feb

    Replacement of principle entrance doors. [Linked to 26/00904/LBC

    This applicationApprovedFull26/00903/FULL
  2. 2026
    13 Feb

    Replacement of principle entrance doors.

    ApprovedListed building consentPart of26/00904/LBC

Source: Westminster

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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