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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.
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City of Westminster
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for City of Westminster. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,581Searchable applications
886Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 603 approved or refused records
68Refused applications
535 approved · 68 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
Council sources checked 14 Sept 2026Planning information Planning and building controlContact planning Contact the Resilience TeamLocal plan Planning policyPre-application advice Pre-application advice
Council contacts
- Planning enquiries02076416000Council source
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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.
Conservation areas56 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas10 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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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.
More application records
- Decided26/03859/LBC
Installation of two air conditioning units located at roof level.
Crown House 143 - 147 Regent Street London W1B 4JB
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Pending26/03860/CLOPUD
Use of basement and ground floors as Use Class E
61 Chandos Place London WC2N 4HG
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03861/FULL
Erection of a single storey side infill extension and alterations to existing ground floor rear elevation.
14A Fordingley Road London W9 3HE
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03862/LBC
Removal of asbestos from the first floor rear room
43 Berkeley Square London W1J 5AP
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03863/ADLBC
Detailed sample panel of cleaning to brickwork and stonework pursuant to condition 10 of Listed Building Consent dated 12th March 2026 (RN: 25/07529/LBC)
The Ritz Hotel 150 - 156 Piccadilly London W1J 9BR
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03864/ADLBC
Details of any changes to the approved works to the existing building fabric and repair strategies, namely removal of a small fragment of wall at ground floor level, pursuant to Condition 13 of listed building consent dated 12th March 2026 (RN:25/07529/LBC)
The Ritz Hotel 150 - 156 Piccadilly London W1J 9BR
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03865/FULL
Installation of two grilles to rear elevation.
Flat 3 29 Eccleston Square London SW1V 1NZ
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03866/LBC
Refurbishment and internal alterations; and installation of two grilles to rear elevation.
Flat 3 29 Eccleston Square London SW1V 1NZ
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Pending26/03867/FULL
New entrance door and associated canopy to the existing ground floor unit.
Ground Floor 8 Cavendish Square London W1G 0PD
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03868/ADFULL
Details of facing materials pursuant to condition 16 of planning permission dated 30 July 2024 (RN: 24/02160/FULL).
Venture House 27 - 29 Glasshouse Street London W1B 5DF
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03870/ADV
Display of a non illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.94m x 2.40m.
Second Floor 28 - 29 Gerrard Street London W1D 6JW
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03871/TCA
T1: Raywood ash: Reduce canopy by 3 to 4m. T2: Honey locust : Crown reduce by 30%. T3: London plane: Crown clean.
St Vincent De Paul Primary School Morpeth Terrace London SW1P 1EP
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03873/NMA
Amendments to planning permission dated 4th December 2024 (RN:24/02206/FULL) for conversion to a large house in multiple occupation (HMO) for 13 units, lower ground floor rear extension, raising of height of rear closet wing, rear dormer roof extension, garden room and front extension into vaults, installation of 4 air source heat pumps within rear garden and photovoltaic cells to closet wing roof at second floor level and green roof to lower ground floor extension roof. Namely, to allow Internal alterations to provide for 14 units and rationalise floor plan; changes to the detailing of the front rooflights, rear windows and closet wing at second floor level.
108 Shirland Road London W9 2EQ
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Withdrawn26/03874/FULL
Use of part of the Piazza area outside/between Units 21 and 22 The Market Building for the placing of 18 tables, 36 chairs and a counter in an area measuring 3m x 11m and in connection with 3 Henrietta Street for a temporary period of six months.
West Piazza The Market Covent Garden London WC2E 8RA
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03875/NMA
Amendments to planning permission dated 25 May 2023 (RN: 22/07991/FULL) for: refurbishment of the existing building including relocation and provision of mechanical plant at eighth floor level and roof level, installation of photovoltaic panels and new lift overrun at roof level. Alterations to the Carlton House Terrace elevation to facilitate wheelchair access. Replacement of existing windows on the building and installation of acoustic louvres to the west facade at eighth floor level. Alterations to the building undercroft including a new entrance lobby and facade lighting and CCTV. Provision of a new cycle and waste store and loading bay. External alterations to the adjacent piazza area including the installation of bollards, raised external area and the demised area for external seating and external lighting to the stair and passage to Carlton House Terrace; namely to include a roof step-over ladder and to amend PV panel layout.
10 Spring Gardens London SW1A 2BN
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03876/TPO
1 x lime tree (front): crown reduce to previous reduction points retaining selected shortened furnishing growth at the reduction points and retaining at least 50% of the remaining internal fine branch structure. Removal of epicormic sprouts from main trunk.
38 Newton Road London W2 5LT
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03877/ADLBC
Detailed method statement of the fa�ade repairs and cleaning proposed pursuant to condition 6 of Listed Building Consent dated 25th October 2024 (RN:24/06431).
1 Hanover Street London W1S 1YZ
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03878/LBC
Installation of ultra-thin LED light sheet technology within existing poster display cases.
Apollo Victoria 17 - 18 Wilton Road London
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03879/ADV
Provision of lighting to existing three theatre advertising boxes on entrance steps.
Apollo Victoria 17 - 18 Wilton Road London
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03880/CLOPUD
Installation of Photovoltaic Solar Panels on side sloping roof.
20 Hereford Road London W2 4AA
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Pending26/03881/FULL
Use of the lower ground and ground floor as a residential unit (Class C3)
Basement Front And Ground Floor Front 54 Lisson Street London NW1 5DF
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03882/LBC
Installation of replacement lift call panels; level display panels; control panels; handrails; flooring and ceiling finishes; light fittings; and associated works.
Sir Arthur Lewis Building 32 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3PH
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Pending26/03883/LBC
Alteration and extension of existing buildings including removal of one single storey extensions and one part single and part two storey extension, erection of infill extensions at first to third floor levels, a replacement part single storey and part three storey side extension adjoining Mount Street Garden and a replacement single storey extension fronting onto South Street, creation of terraces at first floor level within a central greened courtyard, installation of plant and associated external alterations. Installation of lightning protection, satellite dishes and tv aerial replacement of roof coverings including battens, sarking boards and installation of insultation, ventilation, ply sheathing and other associated work the removal and rebuilding of a leaning chimney stack and associated structural work to existing roof Internal alterations throughout [Site includes 22 South Audley Street, 35 South Street and 35A South Street]. (Linked with 26/03942/FULL)
17 - 21 South Audley Street London W1K 2NY
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Pending26/03884/FULL
Installation of external feature lighting additions to front facade of terraced dwellinghouse; and other associated works.
9 Mount Row London W1K 3RG
Received 12 Jun 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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