Communications House, 48 Leicester Square Westminster WC2H 7LT
Partial demolition and reconstruction of the existing building behind partially retained facades to provide a nine storey building with double basement for uses within Class A1, mixed A3/A4 and mixed Class A3/A5 or Class A3 on basement, ground and first floor levels with office use (Class B1) on second to eighth floor levels (with ground floor entrance lobby) with associated storage areas, plant, cycle parking and servicing at the basement levels and ground floor.
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Progress
Application details
- Reference
- 12/07691/FULL
- Local authority
- Westminster
- Postcode
- WC2H 7LT
- Ward
- ST. JAMES'S
- Application type
- All Other
- Property type
- Commercial
Key dates
- Decided
- 15 Jan 2013
Estimated project value
£135k–£340k
Typical UK cost for this job type, at inner London rates (2026). Estimated from the proposal description — planning applications do not state build cost. Source: trade estimate.
Recently sold nearby
New owners, recently moved in. First work on a house usually follows within months of completing. 8 recent sales are listed below.
- FLAT 7, FIELDING COURT, 28 EARLHAM STREET, LONDON, WC2H 9LNFlat or maisonette · Leasehold · £985,0002 months ago15 Jun 2026
- FLAT 4, MERIDIAN HOUSE, 3 UPPER ST MARTIN'S LANE, LONDON, WC2H 9NYFlat or maisonette · Leasehold · £555,0004 months ago28 Apr 2026
- FLAT 15, TRENTISHOE MANSIONS, 90 CHARING CROSS ROAD, LONDON, WC2H 0JEFlat or maisonette · Leasehold · £999,9995 months ago18 Mar 2026
- FLAT 3, 66A NEAL STREET, LONDON, WC2H 9PEFlat or maisonette · Leasehold · £725,0006 months ago25 Feb 2026
- OUTERNET, 1 ST. GILES SQUARE, LONDON, WC2H 8APOther · Leasehold · Not a standard market sale · £50,0007 months ago26 Jan 2026
- FLAT 58, DUDLEY COURT, 36 ENDELL STREET, LONDON, WC2H 9RQFlat or maisonette · Leasehold · £610,0007 months ago12 Jan 2026
- 15 GRAPE STREET, LONDON, WC2H 8DROther · Not a standard market sale · £2,250,0008 months ago6 Jan 2026
- FLAT 35, 5 CENTRAL ST GILES PIAZZA, LONDON, WC2H 8ABFlat or maisonette · Leasehold · £1,090,0008 months ago18 Dec 2025
Homes here go for about £855,000 — the median of the last 6 market sales in WC2H (the wider postcode district), £555,000 to £1,090,000.
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Planning constraints
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