The Dukes 34 - 38 St James's Place London SW1A 1NS
Withdrawn on 30 July 2026
Proposal
External alterations including external handrails and lighting to the main entrance step, new plant in the lightwell and roof level, new lifting platform from basement to street level and ductwork from fifth floor up to roof.
- Received
- 11 May 2026
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- Agent
- Newmark Gerald Eve LLP
- ReceivedReceived11 May
- ValidatedValidated11 May
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date6 Jul
- DecidedDecided30 Jul
Decided in 80 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at The Dukes 34 - 38 St James's Place London SW1A 1NS. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 80 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 20 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 1,261 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.
86% of full 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
- SW1A 1NS
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 11 May 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 17 June 2026
- Target decision date
- 6 July 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Newmark Gerald Eve LLP
- Agent address
- Gerald Eve LLP One Fitzroy 6 Mortimer Street W1T 3JJ United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 27 May 2026
- Advertisement expiry
- 17 June 2026
- Site notice start
- 15 May 2026
- Site notice end
- 5 June 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: St James's
- 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.
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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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Westminster
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