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535 approved · 68 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Trafalgar Buildings 1 - 3 Whitehall London SW1A 2DD
Received 10 Aug 20264 Grosvenor Square London W1K 4AE
Received 11 Aug 20264 Grosvenor Square London W1K 4AE
Received 11 Aug 2026Flat 1 123 - 125 Gloucester Place London W1U 6JZ
Received 11 Aug 202668 - 71 Newman Street London W1T 3EQ
Received 11 Aug 2026Foubert's Place London
Received 11 Aug 2026Development Site Bound By Brook Street, Davies Street And South Molton Lane (excluding 58 Davies Street) And 10, 15-25, 27 And 42 South Molton Street London
Received 11 Aug 202622 - 24 Bruton Place London W1J 6NE
Received 11 Aug 202666 Knightsbridge London SW1X 7LA
Received 11 Aug 2026Knightsbridge London
Received 11 Aug 202612 Devonshire Street London W1G 7AB
Received 11 Aug 2026St Saviours Church St George's Square London SW1V 3QW
Received 10 Aug 2026Flat 1 37 Curzon Street London W1J 7TX
Received 11 Aug 2026Flat 1 37 Curzon Street London W1J 7TX
Received 11 Aug 202632 North Row London W1K 6DD
Received 11 Aug 2026Flat 11 Bray House Duke Of York Street London SW1Y 6JX
Received 11 Aug 2026Grove End Gardens 33 Grove End Road London NW8 9LL
Received 11 Aug 2026Fenwicks 58 - 63 New Bond Street London W1S 1RJ
Received 12 Aug 2026129 Hamilton Terrace London NW8 9QR
Received 12 Aug 2026Carnaby Street London W1F 9PB
Received 12 Aug 2026Underground Car Park Cavendish Square London W1G 0PG
Received 12 Aug 2026Flat 2 5 Bryanston Square London W1H 2DH
Received 12 Aug 202660 Inverness Terrace London W2 3LB
Received 12 Aug 20269A Grosvenor Square London W1K 5AE
Received 12 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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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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