430 Strand London WC2R 0QN

26/02349/LBCRefused

Refused on 19 August 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of external planters to the frontage and side elevations, including cladding of planter faces (Part-Retrospective).

Submitted: 10 April 2026
Council: City of Westminster

ReceivedSubmitted10 Apr
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided19 Aug

Decided in 131 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 430 Strand London WC2R 0QN. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 131 days, 12 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 186 applications in total for the WC2R postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: WC2R 0QN

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Trafalgar Square
Listed building: 440 Strand London WC2R 0QSOn 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 (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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

2026
10 Apr
Installation of external planters to the frontage and side elevations, including cladding of planter faces…
RefusedApplicationFiled alongside26/02348/FULL
2026
10 Apr
Installation of external planters to the frontage and side elevations, including cladding of planter faces…
This applicationRefusedListed building consent26/02349/LBC

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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

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