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16 Great College Street London SW1P 3RX

26/05179/CLLBRefused

Refused on 11 August 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Internal refurbishment and redecoration works.

Submitted
29 July 2026
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Aug

Decided in 13 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 16 Great College Street London SW1P 3RX. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 5 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Smith Square conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SW1P 3RX

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: Smith Square
  • Listed building: Grade II*: 16, Great College Street Sw1On this site · +12 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref W516Protected tree on or next to this site
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

© 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.

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    12 Feb

    Interior alterations from basement to third floor including floor coverings, internal doorway at ground…

    ApprovedListed building consent26/00882/LBC
  2. 2026
    12 Feb

    Repainting external timber window frames and recovering of front steps with portland stone. (Linked to…

    WithdrawnFull Planning Permission Application26/00881/FULL
  3. 2024
    23 Dec

    1 x sycamore: reduce lower lateral branches overhanging adjacent properties back to the previous, most recent…

    PendingApplic. for wks to trees subject to TPO24/09003/TPO
  4. 2024
    23 Dec

    2 x limes: crown reduce to previous, most recent reduction points, retaining selected shortened furnishing…

    ApprovedApplic. for works to trees in CA25/00083/TCA
  5. 2007
    18 May

    Installation of air conditioning unit and louvred screen at roof level; rebuilding of rear extension at lower…

    ApprovedApplication for full Planning Permission07/04394/FULL
  6. 2007
    18 May

    Installation of air conditioning unit and louvred screen at roof level; rebuilding of rear extension at lower…

    ApprovedListed building consent07/04395/LBC

Source: Westminster

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