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535 approved · 68 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
14 - 20 Norfolk Square London W2 1RU
Received 13 Aug 202629 Gloucester Place Mews London W1U 8BF
Received 13 Aug 2026Flat 1 91 York Street London W1H 4QE
Received 13 Aug 2026Flat 1 91 York Street London W1H 4QE
Received 13 Aug 20267 - 14 Coventry Street London W1D 7DH
Received 13 Aug 20267 - 14 Coventry Street London W1D 7DH
Received 13 Aug 2026Royal College Of Art Kensington Gore London SW7 2EU
Received 13 Aug 202614 Cunningham Place London NW8 8JT
Received 13 Aug 20262 Fitzhardinge Street London W1H 6EE
Received 13 Aug 20262 Fitzhardinge Street London W1H 6EE
Received 13 Aug 202630 Carlton Hill London NW8 0JY
Received 13 Aug 202656 Westbourne Grove London W2 5SH
Received 13 Aug 20261 Chiltern Street London W1U 7PA
Received 14 Aug 20261 Chiltern Street London W1U 7PA
Received 14 Aug 202615 Grosvenor Hill London W1K 3QA
Received 14 Aug 2026The Ritz Hotel 150 - 156 Piccadilly London W1J 9BR
Received 14 Aug 2026Hutchison Communications Station (W0018) At 39 Coventry Street London
Received 14 Aug 2026Flat A 58 Charlwood Street London SW1V 2DP
Received 14 Aug 20261 - 7 Harley Street London W1G 9QD
Received 14 Aug 202613 - 14 Carnaby Street London W1F 9PJ
Received 3 Aug 2026Development Site At 111-117 New Bond Street London
Received 14 Aug 20263 Cavendish Square London W1G 0LB
Received 14 Aug 202659 St Martin's Lane London
Received 14 Aug 202610 St John's Wood Road London NW8 8RE
Received 14 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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