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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535 approved · 68 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
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More application records
- Unknown26/03885/TDD
T94 London plane: remove one Massaria-infected branch >100mm diameter, at 12m height on east side of crown, as per the submitted climbing inspection. T95 London plane: remove two Massaria-infected branches >100mm diameter, at 10m and 18m height on east side of crown, as per the submitted climbing inspection. T98 London plane: remove one one Massaria-infected branch 95mm diameter at 20m on east side of crown (retrospective). T99 London plane: remove one Massaria-infected branch 90mm diameter at 25m on west side of crown (retrospective) and two Massaria-infected branches >100mm at 8m on north side and 14m on east side of the crown.
Open Space Princes Gardens London
Received 8 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03886/FULL
The amalgamation of two duplex flats (Flats 36 and 37) to form a single family dwelling (Use Class C3).
Flat 36 Weatherbury 90 Talbot Road London W2 5LF
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Pending26/03888/FULL
Minor alterations to the ground floor frontager. The works are limited to the front elevation and include repainting of the existing frontage from black to cream, installation of two branded entrance canopies over the glazed openings, branding/manifestation to the entrance door, installation of one wall-mounted framed A4 display menu, and one internally illuminated projecting flag sign.
Basement And Ground Floor 42 - 44 Great Titchfield Street London W1W 7PY
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03889/ADV
Display of an internally illuminated projecting sign measuring 0.54m X 0.55m.
Basement And Ground Floor 42 - 44 Great Titchfield Street London W1W 7PY
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03890/ADFULL
Details (in consultation with TFL) of the construction and installation methodology, demonstrating that the works can be undertaken without adverse impacts on network operation or safety pursuant to condition 5 of planning permission dated 28th May 2026 (RN: 25/08886/FULL).
13 Grosvenor Place London SW1X 7HH
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03891/FULL
Erection of timber framed orangery-style extension to existing first floor rear terrace.
17 Chapel Street London SW1X 7BY
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03892/LBC
Erection of timber framed orangery-style extension to existing first floor rear terrace and associated internal alterations.
17 Chapel Street London SW1X 7BY
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03894/TPO
2 x Limes: crown reduce back to the previous, most recent reduction points, retaining shortened furnishing growth and 50% of internal fine branch structure. Remove epicormic growth from lower stem.
54 Springfield Road London NW8 0QN
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03895/FULL
The removal of 3 No. antenna at 25.5m, 3 No. MHA, 3 No. RRU, ancillary equipment and 1 No. cabinet along with the installation of 3 No. antenna at 27.5m, 28m and 27m as well as ancillary equipment and 1 No. cabinet.
Mayfair Telephone Exchange 33 - 39 Farm Street London W1J 5RR
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03896/ADV
Display of an internally illuminated (letters only) fascia sign measuring 0.62 m x 6.83 m.
49 - 50 Strand London WC2N 5LH
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03900/ADV
Display of a non-illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.2m x 1.55m.
Basement And Ground Floor 8 Kingly Street London W1B 5PQ
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03901/ADV
Display of an externally illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.25m x 3.317m; an an internally illuminated projecting sign measuring 0.6m x 0.6m.
Ground Floor 72 - 73 Margaret Street London W1W 8ST
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Pending26/03902/FULL
Refurbishment of a window, replacement windows & flat rooflight. Internal alterations at 2nd floor level including reinstatement of a cornice moulding. (Linked to 26/03903/LBC)
40 Blomfield Road London W9 2PF
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Pending26/03903/LBC
Refurbishment of a window, replacement windows & flat rooflight. Internal alterations at 2nd floor level including reinstatement of a cornice moulding. (Linked to 26/03902/FULL)
40 Blomfield Road London W9 2PF
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03905/CLLB
Repair of localised areas of damaged Victorian brickwork within the below-ground coal store and installation of a Newton cavity drain waterproofing (tanking) system to the internal faces of the walls and floor to prevent ongoing groundwater ingress.
1 Maiden Lane London WC2E 7NB
Received 12 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03906/FULL
Use of building as a mix of large HMO and serviced apartments to provide long and short-term lets (sui generis).
110 Shirland Road London W9 2EQ
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03907/ADFULL
Details of new windows pursuant to condition 2 of planning permission dated 06 July 2023 (RN: 22/02577/FULL) (granted at appeal on PINS RN: APP/X5990/W/22/3309523 / Council Appeal RN: 22/00113/TPREF)
Flat 1 9 Paddington Street London W1U 5QJ
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03908/ADLBC
Details of further information about the new and altered external windows and rooflights, and both external and internal new doors (detailed elevations and sections at 1:10) pursuant to condition 4 (A) of listed building dated 21st April 2026 (RN:25/05588/LBC)
24 Hamilton Terrace London NW8 9UG
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03909/ADLBC
Details of new and altered ceilings pursuant to condition 4C of listed building consent dated 24 April 2026 (RN: 25/05588/LBC).
24 Hamilton Terrace London NW8 9UG
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03910/ADLBC
Details of new chimneypieces pursuant to condition 4d of listed building consent dated 24 April 2026 (RN: 25/05588/LBC).
24 Hamilton Terrace London NW8 9UG
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Pending26/03912/FULL
Replacement of two air conditioning units and alterations to shopfront. [Linked to 26/03914/LBC
23 - 24 Henrietta Street London WC2E 8ND
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Pending26/03913/ADV
Display of an externally illuminated projecting sign measuring 0.6m x 0.6m; an externally illuminated painted letters wall sign measuring 1.4m x 0.4m; and two internally illuminated menu boxes measuring 0.51m x 0.4m.
23 - 24 Henrietta Street London WC2E 8ND
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Pending26/03914/LBC
Replacement of two air conditioning units and alterations to shopfront. (Linked to 26/03912/FULL
23 - 24 Henrietta Street London WC2E 8ND
Received 15 Jun 2026 - Decided26/03915/ADFULL
Details of a biodiversity enhancement plan pursuant to Condition 34 of planning permission dated 6th February 2026 (RN: 24/07197/FULL).
171 Victoria Street London SW1E 5NN
Received 15 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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