1 Embankment Place London WC2N 6RH

This site has had 2 applications since 2026.

• 26/05097/FULL Awaiting decision

  1 Embankment Place London WC2N 6RH

  Alterations to the existing building to provide a new extension to Villers Street; partial facade replacement and new external terraces; roof level extensions; refurbishment and associated alterations; public realm and highway works; and associated works.

  Submitted 29 Jul 2026 Full applications

1. 14 Apr 2026

   Received by Westminster

2. 21 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 9 June 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Westminster took a median of 65 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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• 1 Embankment Place London WC2N 6RH

  26/05097/FULL Submitted 29 Jul 2026 50 yards away

  87% historically approved · decision due ~1 Oct

  Alterations to the existing building to provide a new extension to Villers Street; partial facade replacement and new external terraces; roof level extensions; refurbishment and associated alterations; public realm and highway works; and associated works.

  Awaiting decision Full applications Extension

• Charing Cross Station Strand London WC2N 5HS

  25/08336/LBC Submitted 14 Nov 2025 50 yards away

  90% historically approved · decision due ~9 Jan

  Alterations to shopfronts of retail units 17 and 18 within station concourse.

  Awaiting decision Heritage and listed buildings 12 docs

• Charing Cross Station Strand London WC2N 5HS

  26/05874/APA Submitted 3 Aug 2026 50 yards away

  89% historically approved · decision due ~28 Sep

  Prior approval under part 18 (class a) of the town and country planning (general permitted development) (England) order 2015 Villiers Street façade external alterations at London Charing Cross station, WC2N 5HF

  Awaiting decision Prior approval 9 docs

• Benjamin Franklin House 36 Craven Street London WC2N 5NF

  25/06751/LBC Submitted 19 Sep 2025 50 yards away

  Installation of fibre optic services throughout.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 13 docs

• 14 Villiers Street London WC2N 6NQ

  07/01199/LBC Submitted 9 Feb 2007 50 yards away

  Display of internally illuminated projecting sign and trough light to existing fascia sign.

  Decided Heritage and listed buildings 5 docs

• 14 Villiers Street London WC2N 6NQ

  07/01198/ADV Submitted 6 Feb 2007 50 yards away

  Display of internally illuminated projecting sign and trough light to existing fascia sign.

  Granted Advertising 5 docs

• 25/07754/EIASCR Decided

  10 Victoria Street London SW1H 0NN

  Request for a screening opinion under Regulation 6 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) Regulations 2017 (as amended) for the demolition of existing buildings to ground floor, retention of basement, and erection of replacement building of up to 13 storeys (plus two storeys of basement), to provide 25,000 sqm building comprising active ground floor Class E uses and upper floor Class E offices (site includes 10-18 and 20 Victoria Street).

  Received 27 Oct, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Outline
• 26/00988/EIASCR Decided

  St Marys N H S Trust Praed Street London W2 1NY

  Works to The Bays building (to be known as the Fleming Centre) comprising demolition of the existing roof, internal floors, internal walls and ground floor slab; retention of, and alteration to, the existing external walls and facade; and construction of new four-storey vertical extension, plus a roof level including a rooftop terrace, to provide a mixed-use building comprising: Exhibition, education and multifunctional space (F1/Sui Generis); Healthcare research laboratories and consulting rooms with associated clinical spaces (Class E(g)(ii)); and/or Offices, workspace and meeting space (Class E(g)(i)). Demolition of existing portacabin, waste store, Vacuum Insulated Evaporator tank and compound; construction of ancillary pavilion structure; new public realm; new hard and soft landscaping; works to the canal wall; together with provision of servicing, refuse storage, cycle parking, plant equipment and all other associated works.

  Received 26 Nov, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Outline
• 25/07396/OUT Awaiting decision

  Development Site At Chelsea Barracks Chelsea Bridge Road London

  Variation of Conditions 1, 2, 3, 53, 54, 55 and 58 of planning permission dated 16 November 2018 (RN 18/04103/OUT) as amended by decisions dated 23 January and 20 October 2025 (RNs 24/08839/NMA and 25/07210/NMA) for: "Variation of Conditions 1, 6, 9, 26, 46, 53, 54 and 55 of outline permission dated 12 March 2018 (RN: 17/07176/OUT) for the demolition of existing former barracks buildings and warehouse (Dove Walk) in connection with the redevelopment of the site for mixed use purposes comprising residential (Class C3), sports centre (Class D2), retail (flexible use within Class A1/A2/A3), health centre (Class D1), non-residential institution/leisure uses (flexible use within Classes D1 and/or D2); hard and soft landscaping and open space; reconfigured and new vehicular and pedestrian accesses and works to the public highway; together with all associated works including the construction of basement to provide ancillary vehicular and cycle parking, circulation, servicing and plant areas and alterations to perimeter railings." Namely, the reconfiguration of Phase 5 from the consented 20 townhouses to 87 apartments (Class C3) across three blocks (Buildings 12, 13 and 14) and the associated increase in building footprint, massing and height and the omission of one basement level.

  Received 13 Oct, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Outline
• 25/06568/OUT Decided

  5 Lanhill Road London W9 2BP

  Erection of replacement single storey rear extensions at lower ground floor level; erection of single storey rear extension at second floor level with associated terrace above at third floor level; erection of rear dormer roof extension; installation of rooflights to front roof slope; alterations to rear windows; all in association with the use of the building as 4 flats (Use Class C3).

  Received 15 Sep, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Outline
• 25/05755/APAD Granted

  London Electricity Plc Aberdeen Place NW8 8NS

  Notification for demolition of electricity transformer and brick noise enclosure under Schedule 2, Part 11, Class B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended).

  Received 15 Aug, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Outline