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535 approved · 68 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.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.
8 Moscow Road London W2 4BT
Received 10 Sept 202627 Duke Street London W1U 1LE
Received 10 Sept 202617 Embankment Place London WC2N 6NN
Received 10 Sept 202631 - 35 Brick Street London W1J 7HQ
Received 10 Sept 202615 Portland Place London W1B 1PT
Received 10 Sept 202610 - 11 Lancaster Gate London W2 3LH
Received 10 Sept 202610 - 11 Lancaster Gate London W2 3LH
Received 10 Sept 2026Flat 31 Bickenhall Mansions Bickenhall Street London W1U 6BR
Received 10 Sept 2026208 Regent Street London W1B 5BD
Received 10 Sept 2026208 Regent Street London W1B 5BD
Received 10 Sept 202649 - 51 Leinster Square London W2 4PU
Received 10 Sept 202649 - 51 Leinster Square London W2 4PU
Received 10 Sept 2026147 Hamilton Terrace London NW8 9QS
Received 11 Sept 202642 - 49 St Martin's Lane London WC2N 4EJ
Received 11 Sept 202642 - 49 St Martin's Lane London WC2N 4EJ
Received 11 Sept 202663A Marlborough Place London NW8 0PT
Received 11 Sept 2026Basement And Ground Floor 2 Spring Street London W2 3RA
Received 9 Sept 202671 Eccleston Square London SW1V 1PJ
Received 11 Sept 202610 Bedford Street London WC2E 9HE
Received 11 Sept 20261 Victoria Street London SW1H 0ET
Received 11 Sept 202637 Trevor Place London SW7 1LE
Received 11 Sept 202636 Marlborough Place London NW8 0PD
Received 11 Sept 202640 Grosvenor Place London SW1X 7HJ
Received 11 Sept 2026Development Site At 5 And 8 Fosbury Mews London
Received 11 Sept 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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