Royal Courts Of Justice Strand London WC2A 2LL

26/03605/LBCApproved

Approved on 30 July 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Provision of access deck between roof access/exit door and flagpole.

Received: 2 June 2026
Council: City of Westminster

ReceivedReceived2 Jun
ValidatedValidated15 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided30 Jul

Decided in 45 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Royal Courts Of Justice Strand London WC2A 2LL. Westminster has handled 27,078 applications of this type. This one was decided in 45 days, 4 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Strand conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. We hold 131 applications in total for the WC2A postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: WC2A 2LL

Planning application dates

Date validated: 15 June 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Strand
Listed building: Grade I: Royal Courts of Justice: The Law Courts, Screen Walls, Gates, Railings and LampsOn this site · +6 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
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.

Associated applications

2026
15 Jun
Provision of access deck between roof access/exit door and flagpole.
This applicationApprovedListed building consent26/03605/LBC
2026
15 Jun
Provision of access deck between roof access/exit door and flagpole.
ApprovedApplicationFiled alongside26/03930/FULL
2026
10 Jun
Installation of gates and fixed barriers into Courts 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside26/03810/LBC

Planning history at this site

12 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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