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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.
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City of Westminster
Planning applications.
Explore collected planning applications and decisions for City of Westminster. Search an address, application reference or proposal to find a record.
Collected application statistics
Collected records · All available dates1,581Searchable applications
886Recorded as pending
89%Approval rate · 603 approved or refused records
68Refused applications
535 approved · 68 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Local planning information
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Conservation areas and Article 4 directions
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Conservation areas56 mapped area records
Article 4 direction areas10 mapped area records0 identified HMO area records; remaining records unclassified
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More application records
- Pending26/06145/ADLBC
Details of detailed existing and proposed elevation drawings pursuant to condition 13 of listed building dated 14th March 2023 (RN: 22/05005/LBC)
17 - 21 South Audley Street London W1K 2NY
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Decided26/06146/ADV
Display of externally illuminated projection sign measuring 900mm x 300mm.
17 Bedford Street London WC2E 9HP
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06147/COGADF
Details of supplementary acoustic report pursuant to condition 77 of planning permission dated 21 July 2023 (RN: 23/00331/COOUT)
Ebury Bridge Estate Ebury Bridge Road London SW1W 8PX
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Decided26/06148/COGADF
Details of sound insulation measures and a Noise Assessment Report pursuant to condition 80 of planning permission dated 21 July 2023 (RN: 23/00331/COOUT).
Ebury Bridge Estate Ebury Bridge Road London SW1W 8PX
Received 8 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06149/FULL
Use of the First, Second and Third Floors as residential units (Class C3) with Office (or other Use Class E) Use retained at Basement and Ground Floor Levels. (Linked with 26/06150/LBC)
37 Crawford Street London W1H 1HA
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06150/LBC
Use of the First, Second and Third Floors as residential units (Class C3) with Office (or other Use Class E) Use retained at Basement and Ground Floor Levels. (Linked with 26/06149/FULL)
37 Crawford Street London W1H 1HA
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06151/LBC
Installation of 6 digital advertisement displays within existing historic advertisement niches on the building facade. (Linked with 26/06128/ADV)
The London Pavillion 1 Piccadilly London W1J 0DA
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06152/ADFULL
Detailed drawings of a soft landscaping scheme which includes the number, size, species and position of trees and shrubs within the planters and detailed drawings of the planters on the sixth, seventh and eighth floor roof terraces to include their size, appearance and location pursuant to condition 20 and 21 of planning permission dated 8th February 2022 (RN: 21/01508/FULL)
Westminster House 7 Millbank London SW1P 3JA
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06154/FULL
Use of part of the existing main flat roof as a private residential roof terrace; installation of black painted metal balustrading/railings; provision of safe access to the roof terrace via a sliding rooflight; installation of an Air Source Heat Pump (ASHP) at roof terrace level; construction of enlarged dormer and a terrace the rear of the 3rd floor; and associated works.
24 Castellain Road London W9 1EZ
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06155/LBC
Display of externally illuminated projection sign measuring 900mm x 300mm (Linked with 26/06146/ADV)
17 Bedford Street London WC2E 9HP
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06157/FULL
Provision of additional hotel bedrooms at ground and first floor within the envelope of existing hotel building (Use Class C1), following internal re-location of existing hotel facilities including the conversion of existing internal guest car parking area, guest coach parking area, bowling lane, meeting rooms and1 conversion of linen stores at levels 2-12. Provision of cycle facilities and works to pedestrian link route. Reinstatement of footway to closed vehicle access in Thorney Street. Change of Use of self-contained Class E caf/e use at ground floor entrance lobby for use as either, Class E caf/e use and/ or additional hotel lobby / ancillary hotel space
30 John Islip Street London SW1P 4DD
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06158/CLOPUD
Erection of replacement, enlarged single storey ground floor rear extension.
2 Hamilton Gardens London NW8 9PT
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06159/ADLBC
Details of new and retained floor, ceiling and wall construction and coverings; reflected ceiling plans; existing wall paintings, cornices and new skirting and cornices pursuant to condition 6 (parts 2,10,12, and 13) of listed building consent dated 14 March 2023 (RN: 22/05005/LBC).
17 - 21 South Audley Street London W1K 2NY
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Decided26/06160/NMA
Amendments to planing permission dated 11 June 2025 (RN: 25/01157/FULL) for: Alterations to the ground floor of Rodney House including the shopping arcade, with the introduction of new shopfronts to the Chichester Street frontage; new entrances with accessible ramps for accessibility; and associated works. Namely, amendments to the treatment of the end bays to the Chichester Street frontage.elevation
The Arcade Dolphin Square London SW1V 3LX
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06161/ADFULL
Detailed drawings and sample of Stone (with quarry specification) for plinth, showing material and finish to match existing historic plinth; Section details of plinth, its depth, railing details and method of fixing them to plinth; pursuant to condition 3 (part 1 and 2) of planning permission dated 18th August 2026 (26/04428/FULL)
1 Marylebone Road London NW1 4AQ
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Decided26/06162/ADV
Display of non illuminated vinyl measuring 0.76m X 1.43m, 0.76m X 0.49m, 1.84m x 2.41m, 0.63m X 1.42m displayed across the front elevation of the building for a temporary period of one year
10 Chiltern Street London W1U 7PX
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06163/ADFULL
Details of a supplementary acoustic report; pursuant to condition 8 of planning permission dated 24th March 2016 (15/04516/FULL)
8 Elm Tree Road London NW8 9JX
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06164/AADV
Details of the inset commercial advertisements to be displayed in panels ADV1, ADV2, ADV3, ADV4, ADV5, and ADV6 pursuant to condition 2 of advertisement consent dated 25th June 2026 (RN: 26/03294/ADV)
Fenwicks 58 - 63 New Bond Street London W1S 1RJ
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06165/LBC
Internal alterations to the basement including new lightweight timber-stud partitions to reorganise the existing basement layout; Installation of new sanitaryware in a newly configured bathroom; Replacement of modern kitchen fittings; and Installation of traditional four-panel timber doors, architraves and ironmongery designed to match existing doors.
17 Hertford Street London W1J 7RS
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06167/ADV
Display of externally illuminated fascia signs signs measuring 0.95m X 0.35m, 0.3m X 0.1m, 0.3m X 0.1m, 0.15m X 0.15m, 0.5m X 1m and externally illuminated projecting sign 0.5m X 0.5m
Basement And Ground Floor 11 Wardour Street London W1D 6PG
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06168/ADV
Display of non illuminated printed stretched vinyl measuring 10m X 6m, 92.8m x 21.7m, and 10m X 6m with inset advertising areas.
Trafalgar Buildings 1 - 3 Whitehall London SW1A 2DD
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06170/ADLBC
Details of natural slate roof tile, louvre plant screen to the roof, metal framing and glazing to the lantern and rooflight and stone coping pursuant to Condition 4 (i, ii, iii and x) of Listed Building Consent dated 30 September 2025 (RN25/05152/LBC)
175 Praed Street London W2 1RH
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06174/FULL
Creation of rear roof terrace on top of existing rear extension.
103 St George's Square Mews London SW1V 3RZ
Received 9 Sept 2026 - Pending26/06175/FULL
Replacement of front and rear windows with vacuum glazing and slightly narrower glazing bars; replacement of front and basement access doors with new front door, fanlight and frame (vacuum-glazed) and new (vacuum-glazed) basement access door. (Linked with 26/05852/LBC)
66 Chepstow Road London W2 5BE
Received 9 Sept 2026
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What these statistics cover
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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