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5 - 8 The Sanctuary London SW1P 3JS

26/01638/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 18 May 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

The removal of modern partitions at basement level and DOFF cleaning of courtyard elevations at basement level.

Received
13 March 2026
Ward
St James's
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided18 May

Decided in 66 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 5 - 8 The Sanctuary London SW1P 3JS. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 2 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square conservation area, with 12 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 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P 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
SW1P 3JS
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Target decision date
8 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Firstplan
Agent address
Broadwall House 21 Broadwall London SE1 9PL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14647797
Comments
0
Documents
10

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 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

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

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