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Victoria Embankment Gardens Villiers Street London WC2N 6ND

26/02977/LBCApproved

Approved on 2 July 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Conservation works to York Water Gate.

Submitted
6 May 2026
  1. Received6 May
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided2 Jul

Decided in 57 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Victoria Embankment Gardens Villiers Street London WC2N 6ND. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Savoy conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 300 applications in total for the WC2N postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
WC2N 6ND

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: AdelphiPart of the site · +1 more
  • Listed building: Grade I: York Water GateOn this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Registered park and garden: Victoria Embankment GardensPart of the site
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    28 Jul

    Details of schedule of condition mapping and photography; condition Mapping by Elevation - South Front /…

    ApprovedListed building consentRelated26/05057/ADLBC
  2. 2026
    6 May

    Conservation works to York Water Gate.

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent26/02977/LBC

Source: Westminster

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

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