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Strand, London, WC2N 5HX

26/07336/LBCListed building consentAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

PROPOSED INSTALLATION OF REPLACEMENT TIMBER HANDRAIL AND BRACKETS TO ONE FLIGHT OF MAIN STAIRCASE

Submitted
27 October 2026
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a listed building consent application at Strand, London, WC2N 5HX. Westminster has handled 675 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 270 applications across SJW_22. We hold 300 applications in total for the WC2N postcode area.

90% of listed building consent 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
WC2N 5HX
Application type
Listed building consent

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Trafalgar Square
  • Listed building: Grade II: Charing Cross HotelOn or next to this site · +3 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 5 Strand London WC2N 5AFRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Source: Westminster

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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