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535 approved · 68 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
46 Aldridge Road Villas London W11 1BW
Received 20 Aug 2026St Marys Hospital South Wharf Road London W2 1BL
Received 20 Aug 2026The Sky Bar Trocadero 13 Coventry Street London W1D 7DH
Received 20 Aug 202679 Chester Square London SW1W 9DU
Received 20 Aug 202653 Avenue Road NW8 6HR
Received 20 Aug 202648 Jermyn Street London SW1Y 6LX
Received 21 Aug 202648 Jermyn Street London SW1Y 6LX
Received 21 Aug 202647 Chester Square London SW1W 9EA
Received 21 Aug 2026Underground Car Park Cavendish Square London W1G 0PG
Received 21 Aug 2026Unit 2 1 Curzon Street London W1J 5HD
Received 21 Aug 2026The Ritz Hotel 150 - 156 Piccadilly London W1J 9BR
Received 21 Aug 2026Second Floor 8 Carlos Place London W1K 3AS
Received 21 Aug 202615 Sheldon Square London W2 6DL
Received 21 Aug 2026Ground Floor 22 Upper Tachbrook Street London SW1V 1SH
Received 21 Aug 2026Caroline House 135 Bayswater Road London W2 4RG
Received 21 Aug 2026St Marys Hospital South Wharf Road London W2 1BL
Received 20 Aug 202654 - 56 Shaftesbury Avenue London W1D 6LR
Received 21 Aug 202617 - 21 South Audley Street London W1K 2NY
Received 21 Aug 202645 - 50 Old Bond Street London W1S 4QT
Received 21 Aug 202645 - 50 Old Bond Street London W1S 4QT
Received 21 Aug 2026Ground Floor To First Floor 52 Hereford Road London W2 5AJ
Received 21 Aug 2026Ground Floor To First Floor 52 Hereford Road London W2 5AJ
Received 21 Aug 2026Roxburghe House 273 - 287 Regent Street London W1B 2HA
Received 21 Aug 2026Roxburghe House 273 - 287 Regent Street London W1B 2HA
Received 21 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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