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535 approved · 68 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
175 - 177 New Bond Street London W1S 4RG
Received 6 Aug 202660 - 62 St Martin's Lane London WC2N 4JS
Received 6 Aug 202663 - 65 Piccadilly London W1J 0DY
Received 6 Aug 2026103 St George's Square Mews London SW1V 3RZ
Received 6 Aug 202610 Piccadilly London W1J 0DD
Received 6 Aug 20264 Biddulph Road London W9 1JB
Received 6 Aug 20269 Ponsonby Place London SW1P 4PS
Received 6 Aug 202623 Ponsonby Place London SW1P 4PS
Received 6 Aug 202648 Conduit Street London W1S 2YR
Received 6 Aug 202618 Sixth Avenue London W10 4HD
Received 6 Aug 2026123 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W 9SL
Received 6 Aug 202617 - 21 South Audley Street London W1K 2NY
Received 6 Aug 202663 - 65 Piccadilly London W1J 0DY
Received 7 Aug 202663 - 65 Piccadilly London W1J 0DY
Received 7 Aug 2026Augusta House 7 Vandon Passage London SW1H 0AS
Received 7 Aug 2026Basement And Ground Floor 17 - 18 Spring Street London W2 1JA
Received 7 Aug 2026Basement And Ground Floor 17 - 18 Spring Street London W2 1JA
Received 7 Aug 202663 - 65 Piccadilly London W1J 0DY
Received 7 Aug 20262 Caroline Close London W2 4RW
Received 7 Aug 202647 Chester Square London SW1W 9EA
Received 7 Aug 2026Elsley House 24 - 30 Great Titchfield Street London W1W 8BF
Received 7 Aug 2026171 Victoria Street London SW1E 5NN
Received 7 Aug 2026171 Victoria Street London SW1E 5NN
Received 7 Aug 20266 Burlington Gardens London W1S 3ET
Received 7 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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