Charing Cross Station Strand London WC2N 5HS

This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

• 26/05242/LBC Decided

  Charing Cross Station Strand London WC2N 5HS

  External alterations to Villiers Street facade comprising replacement of partially louvered windows with fully louvered windows.

  Submitted 3 Aug 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
• 26/04520/LBC Awaiting decision

  Charing Cross Station Strand London WC2N 5HS

  Replacement of 54 footfall sensor devices with 29 stereoscopic sensors and 4 cameras

  Submitted 7 Jul 2026 Heritage and listed buildings
• 25/08336/LBC Granted

  Charing Cross Station Strand London WC2N 5HS

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

  Decided 19 Feb 2026 Heritage and listed buildings

1. 3 Aug 2026

   Received by Westminster

2. 4 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 28 September 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 86 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Westminster for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Westminster's median decision took 86 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Charing Cross Station Strand London WC2N 5HS

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

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

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings 15 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

• 6 Villiers Street London WC2N 6NQ

  07/09704/ADV Submitted 7 Nov 2007 50 yards away

  Retention of of one internally illuminated fascia sign, one internally illuminated advertisement projecting sign and two non-illuminated 'diabond' advertisement signs fitted to external railings.

  Refused Advertising 4 docs

• 6 Villiers Street London WC2N 6NQ

  07/09705/LBC Submitted 7 Nov 2007 50 yards away

  Retention of one internally illuminated fascia sign, one internally illuminated advertisement projecting sign and two non-illuminated 'diabond' advertisement signs fitted to external railings.

  Refused Heritage and listed buildings 5 docs

• Lampost Outside 7 Villiers Street London WC2N 6NQ

  07/00243/TELCOM Submitted 4 Jan 2007 50 yards away

  Installation of telecommunications equipment unit fixed to lamp post.

  Decided Telecoms 3 docs

• 26/01122/PALHE Withdrawn

  Buckingham Palace The Mall London SW1A 1AA

  short back and sides around the exterior

  Received 23 Feb, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• 26/03606/DPAD Awaiting decision

  6 Crompton Street London W2 1ND

  Demolition of the main building down to the ground floor and retain and cap off the existing basement; demolition of external garages and the boundary walls retained; and new boundary wall or fencing.

  Received 2 Jun, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• 26/03580/P3JPA Awaiting decision

  Leconfield House Curzon Street London W1J 5JA

  Prior approval for change of use from commercial (Class E) to residential (Class 3) at Leconfield House, Curzon Street under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA (Commercial, business and service to dwelling houses).

  Received 1 Jun, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• 25/08227/P3JPA Granted

  1 St Mary's Terrace London W2 1SU

  Notification for Prior Approval for the change of use to a single dwellinghouse under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA.

  Received 11 Nov, published by the council 20 Jul 2026 Prior approval
• 26/01145/P3JPA Granted

  Stone House 9 Weymouth Street London W1W 6DB

  Change of use of ground floor of 9 Weymouth Street, a Commercial, Business, Services (Use Class E) to Dwellinghouses (Use Class C3) Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) under Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA (Commercial, business and service to dwelling houses).

  Received 24 Feb, published by the council 21 Jul 2026 Prior approval