Understanding planning · 13 min read
Planning application documents: what to read first
Understand planning application documents, officer reports and decision notices. Use a reading checklist, document table and worked example to inspect a case.
England · Local authority
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for City of Westminster. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
535 approved · 68 refused · 22 withdrawn. Received dates in our records: 7 Mar 2025 to 24 Sept 2026. Most recent record check: 28 Sept 2026. Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
Explore published planning boundaries and follow their source records for designation details. Coverage varies: an empty map does not mean there are no restrictions. Check the council’s current maps and documents before relying on a boundary.
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Data downloaded 14 Sept 2026. Display boundaries are simplified and indicative. Map record counts are not a complete count of designations or directions.
Sources: Planning Data conservation areas and Article 4 direction areas. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
196 - 200 Sussex Gardens London W2 3UA
Received 26 May 2026196 - 200 Sussex Gardens London W2 3UA
Received 26 May 2026Admiralty House Whitehall London SW1A 2DY
Received 26 May 2026Admiralty House Whitehall London SW1A 2DY
Received 26 May 202688 Warwick Way London SW1V 1SB
Received 26 May 2026Basement And Ground Floor 13 Regent Street London SW1Y 4LR
Received 27 May 2026Development Site Bound By Brook Street, Davies Street And South Molton Lane (excluding 58 Davies Street) And 10, 15-25, 27 And 42 South Molton Street London
Received 27 May 2026Basement And Ground Floor 69 Marylebone High Street London W1U 5JJ
Received 27 May 202617 Hertford Street London W1J 7RS
Received 22 May 2026Basement And Ground Floor 13 Regent Street London SW1Y 4LR
Received 28 May 20269 Fairholt Street London SW7 1EG
Received 28 May 202618 Clifton Hill London NW8 0QG
Received 28 May 202658 Devonshire Street London W1W 5EA
Received 28 May 20262 - 4 Neal Street London WC2H 9LY
Received 28 May 20262 - 4 Neal Street London WC2H 9LY
Received 28 May 2026Open Space Centre Of Wilton Crescent London SW1X 8RN
Received 29 May 20264A Abercorn Place NW8 9XR
Received 29 May 2026Grosvenor Chapel 24 South Audley Street London W1K 2PA
Received 29 May 2026Grosvenor Chapel 24 South Audley Street London W1K 2PA
Received 29 May 202675 Brewer Street London W1F 9US
Received 29 May 202626 - 33 Queen's Gardens London W2 3BD
Received 29 May 2026Basement And Ground Floor 7 Whitehall London SW1A 2DD
Received 1 Jun 2026Golden Cross House 8 Duncannon Street London WC2N 4JF
Received 1 Jun 2026Niketown 236 Oxford Street London W1C 1DE
Received 1 Jun 2026Records are ordered by application ID, not submission date. Use search to find a particular address or proposal.
View all applicationsStart with the address or application reference. Open a record to read the proposal, dates and available documents, then check the official register for the latest plans and consultation details. If nothing appears, check coverage before treating the result as a complete planning history.
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These figures describe applications collected by PlanningTrack for City of Westminster, across all dates currently available. They are a partial dataset, rather than an authority-wide performance measure. The date range does not establish continuous historical coverage.
The approval percentage is approved records divided by approved plus refused records. Pending, withdrawn and unknown outcomes are excluded. No percentage is shown until there is an approved or refused record.
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