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535 approved · 68 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
Contact details were found on council pages. Check the source for opening hours and which enquiries the service handles.
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.
9A Grosvenor Square London W1K 5AE
Received 14 Sept 202628 Bruton Street London W1J 6QW
Received 14 Sept 2026Ambassador Court 17 Craven Terrace London W2 3QH
Received 14 Sept 202633 St John's Wood Terrace London NW8 6JL
Received 7 Sept 2026Hospital 60 Grove End Road London NW8 9NH
Received 14 Sept 202640 Wellington Road London NW8 9TJ
Received 14 Sept 20265 Strand London WC2N 5HR
Received 14 Sept 202636 Townshend Road London NW8 6LE
Received 14 Sept 202613 Randolph Crescent London W9 1DP
Received 14 Sept 202685 Jermyn Street London SW1Y 6JD
Received 14 Sept 2026Barness Court 6 - 8 Westbourne Terrace London W2 3UW
Received 14 Sept 2026Barness Court 6 - 8 Westbourne Terrace London W2 3UW
Received 14 Sept 20261 - 4 Eaton Mews West London SW1W 9ET
Received 14 Sept 2026141 Harley Street London W1G 6BQ
Received 14 Sept 202630 Blomfield Road London W9 1AA
Received 14 Sept 202615 Eaton Mews South London SW1W 9HP
Received 15 Sept 202615 Warwick Way London SW1V 1QT
Received 15 Sept 202615 Warwick Way London SW1V 1QT
Received 15 Sept 202615 Warwick Way London SW1V 1QT
Received 15 Sept 202614 Wilton Place London SW1X 8RL
Received 15 Sept 2026Apartment 33 24 Park Crescent London W1B 1AA
Received 15 Sept 202620 Broadwick Street London W1F 8HT
Received 15 Sept 2026200 Fernhead Road London W9 3EL
Received 15 Sept 2026Old Admiralty Building Spring Gardens London SW1A 2AH
Received 15 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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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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