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535 approved · 68 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Land In Front Of 1 - 19 Clifton Gardens London
Received 24 Jul 20263 Bulstrode Street London W1U 2JB
Received 31 Jul 20263 Bulstrode Street London W1U 2JB
Received 31 Jul 20267 Bulstrode Street London W1U 2JB
Received 31 Jul 20267 Bulstrode Street London W1U 2JB
Received 31 Jul 202613 - 14 Portsmouth Street London WC2A 2ES
Received 31 Jul 202658 Princes Gate London SW7 2PG
Received 31 Jul 202683 Chester Row London SW1W 8JL
Received 31 Jul 2026175 - 179 Oxford Street London W1D 2JS
Received 31 Jul 20265C Randolph Road London W9 1AN
Received 31 Jul 2026Carlton Tavern Carlton Vale London NW6 5EU
Received 31 Jul 20265 Kingdom Street London
Received 31 Jul 202614 Garrick Street London WC2E 9BJ
Received 31 Jul 202614 Garrick Street London WC2E 9BJ
Received 31 Jul 2026St James's Church 197 Piccadilly London W1J 9ET
Received 31 Jul 202634 Park Street London W1K 2JD
Received 31 Jul 2026Flat 5 Merchant House 184 - 186 Sutherland Avenue London W9 1HR
Received 31 Jul 2026Basement And Ground Floor Maisonette 21 Eaton Place London SW1X 8BP
Received 31 Jul 202613 Abercorn Place NW8 9EA
Received 31 Jul 20261 The Court House 165 Seymour Place London W1H 4PU
Received 3 Aug 2026Paddington Bowling & Sports Club Castellain Road London W9 1HQ
Received 3 Aug 2026Abell House 31 John Islip Street London SW1P 4FE
Received 3 Aug 2026John Broadwood House 1 - 5 Bridle Lane London W1F 9BT
Received 3 Aug 202621 Albemarle Street London W1S 4BS
Received 3 Aug 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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Understand planning approval rates with an interactive calculator, worked examples and comparison table. Check sample sizes, outcomes and coverage before comparing.
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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