Planning application
1 Kingsway London WC2B 6AN
Works: Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Removal of conditions 6 and 7 of planning permission dated 19 February 2008 (RN:07/06901/FULL) (as amended by RNs:10/06950/NMA, 10/10716/NMA, 11/06776/NMA and 25/02842/NMA) for the demolition and redevelopment behind retained Kingsway, Aldwych and Drury Lane (part) facades, to provide restaurant at basement and ground floor levels, retail at ground floor level, offices at ground to eighth floor levels, seven residential units at ninth and tenth floor levels, associated car parking within the basement, off-street servicing at ground floor level and associated plant including roof plant. NAMELY, to remove the requirement of car parking space provision following the amendment to the description of development.
As published by the council, reference 25/04050/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/04050/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Application Permitted
- Received
- 13 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 13 Jun 2025
- Decided
- 10 Oct 2025
- Ward
- St James's
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- WC2B 6AN
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Jun 2025
Received by Westminster
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10 Oct 2025
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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30 Aug 2026
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