Kings College 160 Strand London WC2R 2LS

26/03220/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 17 July 2026

3 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of composite planters along ground floor elevations.

Received: 15 May 2026
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's

ReceivedReceived15 May
ValidatedValidated15 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date10 Jul
DecidedDecided17 Jul

Decided in 63 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Kings College 160 Strand London WC2R 2LS. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Strand conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 186 applications in total for the WC2R 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: WC2R 2LS
Application type: Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 May 2026
Target decision date: 10 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Levrant
Agent address: 62 British Grove Chiswick W4 2NL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14783724
Comments: 0
Documents: 16

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Strand
Listed building: Grade II: Aldwych Underground StationOn 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

11 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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