Royal Courts Of Justice Strand London WC2A 2LL

26/03810/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved

Listed building consent

Approved on 30 July 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of gates and fixed barriers into Courts 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 9, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 27 and 28.

Received: 10 June 2026
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: St James's
Agent: firman consulting ltd

ReceivedReceived10 Jun
ValidatedValidated10 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date5 Aug
DecidedDecided30 Jul

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Royal Courts Of Justice Strand London WC2A 2LL. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. The site is in the Strand conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 10 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 131 applications in total for the WC2A postcode area.

93% of heritage 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: WC2A 2LL
Application type: Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 10 June 2026
Target decision date: 5 August 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: firman consulting ltd
Architect profile: FIRMAN CONSULTING LIMITED
Agent address: White House Heol Las Llantrisant Pontyclun CF72 8EG GB

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-15000892
Comments: 0
Documents: 0

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

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Provision of access deck between roof access/exit door and flagpole.
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside26/03605/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…
This applicationApprovedListed building consent26/03810/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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