152, 172 Strand Westminster WC2R 2LS
Amendments to planning permission dated 9 December 2020 (RN: 20/04567/FULL) for variation of conditions 1, 4, and 5 of planning permission dated 25 June 2019 (RN: 19/02974/FULL) as amended by 19/08912/NMA and which itself varied condition 1 of planning permission dated 13 February 2017 (RN: 16/11962/FULL) for: 'Refurbishment of Quadrangle Building and Quadrangle Surface including removal and replacement of roof of the Quadrangle Building and replacement of existing surface treatment, alterations to external eastern elevation, introduction of a protruding lightwell structure within Quadrangle Surface, removal and replacement of existing lightwell structures adjoining the King's Building and associated structural works to the adjacent balustrading, the removal and replacement of the King's Building exterior entrance steps, works to the Somerset House East Wing lightwell including removing and replacing balustrading and associated works. Namely, to allow alteration to angle of glazing covering top of lightwell at ground floor level; adjustment to position of lightwell and extension to length of glazed protection handrails; removal of small sections of masonry wall at Basement -1 level to provide side access to lightwells, and addition of louvres to the lightwell facades and change to vertical curtain wall glazing in lightwells; notches into fabric of the King's Building at a high level at basement level -2 to support replacement structural slabs; and amendments to services.' Namely, to increase the demolition of the existing slab to allow for the installation of the permitted oculus light well and reconfiguration of the permitted design of pre-cast concrete surrounding existing pipes within the Somerset House East Wing Lightwell.
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Progress
Application details
- Reference
- 21/01916/NMA
- Local authority
- Westminster
- Postcode
- WC2R 2LS
- Ward
- SJA_02
- Application type
- All Other
- Property type
- House
Key dates
- Submitted
- 25 Mar 2021
- Validated
- 25 Mar 2021
- Target decision
- 22 Apr 2021
- Decided
- 4 Jun 2021
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.
- APARTMENT 304, MARCONI HOUSE, 335 STRAND, LONDON, WC2R 1HAFlat or maisonette · Leasehold · £575,0004 months ago14 May 2026
- APARTMENT 103, SAVOY HOUSE, 190 STRAND, LONDON, WC2R 1ABFlat or maisonette · Leasehold · £1,180,0009 months ago10 Dec 2025
- FLAT 8, SAVOY APARTMENTS, 6 SAVOY COURT, LONDON, WC2R 0EYFlat or maisonette · Leasehold · £1,600,00011 months ago13 Oct 2025
- HOWARD HOTEL, 12 TEMPLE PLACE, LONDON, WC2R 2PROther · Not a standard market sale · £793,020,00011 months ago30 Sept 2025
- FLAT 2, 213 STRAND, LONDON, WC2R 1APFlat or maisonette · Leasehold · £900,00012 months ago22 Aug 2025
- APARTMENT 307, MARCONI HOUSE, 335 STRAND, LONDON, WC2R 1HAFlat or maisonette · Leasehold · £908,00013 months ago6 Aug 2025
- APARTMENT 1, 227 - 228 STRAND, LONDON, WC2R 1BEFlat or maisonette · Leasehold · £2,100,00013 months ago24 Jul 2025
- APARTMENT 160, MILFORD HOUSE, 190 STRAND, LONDON, WC2R 1ABFlat or maisonette · Leasehold · £1,850,00016 months ago13 May 2025
Homes here go for about £1,180,000 — the median of the last 7 market sales in WC2R (the wider postcode district), £575,000 to £2,100,000.
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Planning constraints
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