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37 - 39 Burlington Arcade London W1J 0QD

26/01844/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 29 April 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Works to join units 37-39 and 40-41 to form one unit, including interior alterations to historic facsimile stairs, removal of non-facsimile stairs, forming of new openings and widening existing openings, and minor changes to the external frontage.

Received
20 March 2026
Ward
West End
Agent
Will Pirkis Architects Ltd
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 May
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 37 - 39 Burlington Arcade London W1J 0QD. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Mayfair conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 484 applications across West End. We hold 935 applications in total for the W1J 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
W1J 0QD
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2026
Target decision date
15 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Will Pirkis Architects Ltd
Architect profile
WILL PIRKIS ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address
26B Tressillian Road London London SE41YB United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14797462
Comments
0
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Mayfair
  • Listed building: Grade II: 22, Old Bond Street W1On or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

Source: Westminster

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

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