Charing Cross Station Strand London WC2N 5HS
Approved on 16 October 2026
Proposal
Prior Approval under Part 18 (Class A) of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 comprising external alterations to Villiers Street façade comprising replacement of partially louvered windows with fully louvered windows.
- Received
- 3 August 2026
- Public comments
- 0 · last counted 6 October 2026
- Council
- City of Westminster
- ReceivedReceived3 Aug
- ValidatedValidated3 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided16 Oct
Decided in 74 days
About this application
This is a planning application for window replacement at Charing Cross Station Strand London WC2N 5HS. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 74 days, 4 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 300 applications in total for the WC2N postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- WC2N 5HS
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 August 2026
Additional information
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Trafalgar Square
- Listed building: Unit 4a Charing Cross Station Strand London WC2N 5HSOn 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 (22)
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© 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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- 20263 Aug
External alterations to Villiers Street facade comprising replacement of partially louvered windows with…
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Planning history at this site
9 other applications at this property, newest first.
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Alterations to shopfronts of retail units 17 and 18 within station concourse.
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ApprovedListed building consent25/04716/LBC - 20259 Jul
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ApprovedPrior Approval25/04720/APA - 202521 May
Internal floor remedial works within units 17 and 18 located in the south eastern corner of the Station.
ApprovedListed building consent25/03479/LBC - 202514 May
Details of the provision of a contextually designed fire door which respects the character of the nineteenth…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/03278/ADFULL - 202513 May
Detailed drawings of an altered fire door pursuant to Condition 3 of listed building consent dated 26 April…
ApprovedListed building consent25/03243/ADLBC - 202523 Jan
Removal of existing shopfront signage and details of new standardised signage and minor shopfront alterations…
ApprovedListed building consent25/00445/LBC
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