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49 Charing Cross London SW1A 2DX

26/01915/LBCApproved

Approved on 15 April 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of replacement internal ATMs to existing bank.

Received
24 March 2026
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Apr

Decided in 22 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 49 Charing Cross London SW1A 2DX. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 4 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,263 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SW1A 2DX

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Trafalgar Square
  • Listed building: Grade II: Royal Bank of Scotland Royal Bank of Scotland, Drummond'S BankOn this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Brownfield land register: 49 Charing Cross London SW1A 2DXRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
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.

Source: Westminster

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

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