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535 approved · 68 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
21 Princes Gate London SW7 1PT
Received 12 Aug 202643 Eaton Place London SW1X 8BX
Received 12 Aug 20261 Clifton Hill London NW8 0QE
Received 12 Aug 202617 - 21 South Audley Street London W1K 2NY
Received 12 Aug 202613 Park Place Villas London W2 1SP
Received 12 Aug 202613 Park Place Villas London W2 1SP
Received 12 Aug 2026British Broadcasting Corporation Delaware Road London W9 2LG
Received 13 Aug 202617 - 21 South Audley Street London W1K 2NY
Received 13 Aug 2026Paddington Green Police Station 4 Harrow Road London W2 1XJ
Received 13 Aug 202612 Hereford Road London W2 4AA
Received 13 Aug 202618 Belgrave Mews West London SW1X 8PX
Received 13 Aug 202617 - 21 South Audley Street London W1K 2NY
Received 13 Aug 202648 Gloucester Place Mews London W1U 8BD
Received 13 Aug 202614 St Petersburgh Place London W2 4LB
Received 13 Aug 202617 Grosvenor Street London W1K 4QH
Received 13 Aug 202630 - 32 Mortimer Street London W1W 7RE
Received 13 Aug 202630 - 32 Mortimer Street London W1W 7RE
Received 13 Aug 2026Lyric Theatre 29 Shaftesbury Avenue London W1D 7ES
Received 13 Aug 202616 Maida Avenue London W2 1SR
Received 13 Aug 2026Savile Row London
Received 13 Aug 202632 Chepstow Road London W2 5BE
Received 13 Aug 2026Holiday Villa Hotel 35 - 39 Leinster Gardens London W2 3AN
Received 13 Aug 2026Holiday Villa Hotel 35 - 39 Leinster Gardens London W2 3AN
Received 13 Aug 202614 - 20 Norfolk Square London W2 1RU
Received 13 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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