Planning application
23 Motcomb Street London SW1X 8LB
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Installation of fibre optic cabling for the provision of a fibre lease line order.
As published by the council, reference 26/02689/LBC
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02689/LBC
- Type
- Listed Building Consent Application
- Status
- Pending
- Received
- 22 Apr 2026
- Validated
- 22 Apr 2026
- Ward
- Knightsbridge & Belgravia
- Postcode
- SW1X 8LB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Westminster register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025.
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25/07788/TELNOT Decided
23 Motcomb Street London SW1X 8LB
Regulation 5 Notice of Intention to Install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus - (Listed building) to install 5m of civils,60m of external fiber cable,40m of Internal Fiber cable,1 external hole.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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22 Apr 2026
Received by Westminster
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 17 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 66 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Westminster for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Westminster decided heritage and listed building applications in a median of 94 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About heritage and listed building applications
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23 Motcomb Street London SW1X 8LB
Regulation 5 Notice of Intention to Install Fixed Line Broadband Apparatus - (Listed building) to install 5m of civils,60m of external fiber cable,40m of Internal Fiber cable,1 external hole.
Decided Telecoms -
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