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535 approved · 68 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Basement And Ground Floor 16 Marylebone High Street London W1U 4NX
Received 10 Jun 202611 Charles Street London W1J 5DW
Received 10 Jun 2026Royal Institute Of British Architects 66 Portland Place London W1B 1AD
Received 10 Jun 2026Royal Courts Of Justice Strand London WC2A 2LL
Received 10 Jun 202650 Grosvenor Street London
Received 10 Jun 202650 Grosvenor Street London
Received 10 Jun 202668 - 69 Burlington Arcade London W1J 0QU
Received 10 Jun 2026Flat 4 39 Gloucester Place London W1U 8JB
Received 10 Jun 202617 Chapel Street London SW1X 7BY
Received 10 Jun 2026119 Eaton Square London SW1W 9AL
Received 10 Jun 202611 Albion Street W2 2AS
Received 10 Jun 2026Basement And Ground Floor 64 North Row London W1K 7DA
Received 10 Jun 2026Basement And Ground Floor 64 North Row London W1K 7DA
Received 10 Jun 20269 - 10 Northwick Terrace London NW8 8JE
Received 10 Jun 20265C Leamington Road Villas London W11 1HS
Received 10 Jun 2026Paddington Academy 50 Marylands Road London W9 2DR
Received 10 Jun 2026STREET RECORD Southwark Bridge Road Southwark London
Received 10 Jun 2026Hotel 30 - 52 Rathbone Street London W1T 1LB
Received 11 Jun 2026Second Floor 198 Portnall Road London W9 3BJ
Received 11 Jun 202633 Wigmore Street London W1U 1QX
Received 11 Jun 202633 Wigmore Street London W1U 1QX
Received 11 Jun 202637 Floral Street London WC2E 9DJ
Received 11 Jun 202662 Grosvenor Street London W1K 3JF
Received 11 Jun 202683 Gloucester Place London W1U 6JD
Received 11 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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