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Grand Buildings 1 - 3 Strand London WC2N 5HE

26/01434/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 April 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Use of Tower 03 at 7th and 8th floor level as a residential maisonette (Class C3) and use of Tower 04 at 7th and 8th floor level as offices (Class E).

Received
5 March 2026
Ward
St James's
Agent
Savills (UK) Ltd
  1. Received5 Mar
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target30 Apr
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 46 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Grand Buildings 1 - 3 Strand London WC2N 5HE. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 3 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 300 applications in total for the WC2N 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
WC2N 5HE
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2026
Consultation expiry
15 April 2026
Target decision date
30 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Savills (UK) Ltd
Agent address
33 Margaret Street London W1G 0JD

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
25 March 2026
Advertisement expiry
15 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14750864
Comments
0
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 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
    24 Jul

    Details of the works to create the residential accommodation within Tower 3 have taken place and the…

    RefusedDischarge of conditions26/04991/ADFULL
  2. 2026
    5 Mar

    Use of Tower 03 at 7th and 8th floor level as a residential maisonette (Class C3) and use of Tower 04 at 7th…

    This applicationApprovedFull26/01434/FULL

Source: Westminster

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

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