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535 approved · 68 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
Heron House 319-325 And 326-332 High Holborn And 26 And 44 Southampton Buildings City Of London London
Received 14 Aug 20263 Northumberland Place London W2 5BS
Received 14 Aug 20261 Welbeck Street London W1G 0AR
Received 14 Aug 202612 Orme Square London W2 4RS
Received 14 Aug 2026Hanover Lodge Outer Circle Regent's Park London NW1 4HB
Received 14 Aug 2026Hanover Lodge Outer Circle Regent's Park London NW1 4HB
Received 14 Aug 20261 Horse Guards Road London SW1A 2HQ
Received 14 Aug 2026Development Site At 5 And 8 Fosbury Mews London
Received 14 Aug 2026Development Site At 5 And 8 Fosbury Mews London
Received 14 Aug 2026Development Site At 38-70 Baker Street, 64-66 Blandford Street And 43-45 Dorset Street London
Received 14 Aug 202627 Upper Berkeley Street London W1H 7QN
Received 14 Aug 2026Flat 4 33 Wimpole Street London W1G 8GU
Received 17 Aug 2026Flat 4 33 Wimpole Street London W1G 8GU
Received 17 Aug 20261 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB
Received 17 Aug 202625 Delaware Mansions Delaware Road London W9 2LH
Received 17 Aug 202644 Wilton Crescent London SW1X 8RX
Received 17 Aug 202613 Carlton Hill London NW8 0JX
Received 5 Aug 2026St James's Park The Mall London SW1A 1AA
Received 17 Aug 2026Belgrave House 76 Buckingham Palace Road London SW1W 9AX
Received 17 Aug 20268 Moscow Road London W2 4BT
Received 17 Aug 2026North Gate Prince Albert Road London
Received 10 Aug 2026North Gate Prince Albert Road London
Received 10 Aug 2026211 - 213 Regent Street London W1B 4NF
Received 17 Aug 2026The Old Dairy Flats Chapel Side London W2 4LG
Received 17 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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