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Ground Floor Australia House Strand London WC2B 4LA

26/01770/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 11 May 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Reconfiguration of the external paving and steps at the main entrance of Australia House to provide compliant step-free access.

Received
18 March 2026
Ward
St James's
  1. Received18 Mar
  2. Validated18 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 May
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Ground Floor Australia House Strand London WC2B 4LA. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Strand conservation area, with 4 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 199 applications in total for the WC2B 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
WC2B 4LA
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 March 2026
Target decision date
13 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Australian High Commission
Agent address
Strand London WC2B 4LA United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14791533
Comments
0
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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 2026-11-03. 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.

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    18 Mar

    Reconfiguration of the external paving and steps at the main entrance of Australia House. (Linked with…

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  2. 2026
    18 Mar

    Reconfiguration of the external paving and steps at the main entrance of Australia House to provide compliant…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent26/01770/LBC

Source: Westminster

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