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535 approved · 68 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
Airwork House 35 Piccadilly London
Received 24 Aug 20269 Fairholt Street London SW7 1EG
Received 24 Aug 202617 - 21 South Audley Street London W1K 2NY
Received 24 Aug 202639 Circus Road London NW8 9JG
Received 24 Aug 20266 Grosvenor Street London W1K 4DJ
Received 24 Aug 202620 Dean Street London W1D 3RU
Received 24 Aug 2026Flat 31 Bickenhall Mansions Bickenhall Street London W1U 6BR
Received 24 Aug 20266 Bourlet Close London W1W 7BN
Received 24 Aug 20264A Melina Place London NW8 9SA
Received 24 Aug 202620 Marlborough Place London NW8 0PA
Received 24 Aug 2026Development Site At 38-70 Baker Street, 64-66 Blandford Street And 43-45 Dorset Street London
Received 24 Aug 2026Development Site At 38-70 Baker Street, 64-66 Blandford Street And 43-45 Dorset Street London
Received 24 Aug 202624 Bloomfield Terrace London SW1W 8PQ
Received 24 Aug 2026Dorchester Hotel 53 Park Lane London W1K 1QA
Received 24 Aug 2026Cornerstone Apartments 47 Princes Gardens London
Received 24 Aug 202687 Eaton Terrace London SW1W 8TW
Received 24 Aug 20263 Blenheim Road London NW8 0LU
Received 24 Aug 2026Unlimited House 10 Great Pulteney Street London W1F 9NB
Received 25 Aug 2026116 Alderney Street London SW1V 4HA
Received 25 Aug 202610 Orme Square London W2 4RS
Received 25 Aug 202610 Gerrard Street London W1D 5PW
Received 24 Aug 202610 Gerrard Street London W1D 5PW
Received 24 Aug 202610 Gerrard Street London W1D 5PW
Received 24 Aug 202629 - 30 Brook Mews North London W2 3BW
Received 25 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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