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535 approved · 68 refused · 22 withdrawn.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 Counts reflect the last collected status; some records may be out of date.
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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.
18 Clifton Hill London NW8 0QG
Received 17 Sept 20266 Inverness Terrace London W2 3HU
Received 17 Sept 20266 Inverness Terrace London W2 3HU
Received 17 Sept 20262 Chesterfield Street London W1J 5JF
Received 17 Sept 2026158 - 159 New Bond Street London W1S 2UB
Received 17 Sept 202611 - 12 William Street London SW1X 9HL
Received 17 Sept 2026Ebury Gate 23 Lower Belgrave Street London
Received 17 Sept 202638 Springfield Road London NW8 0QN
Received 8 Sept 202624 Hanover Square London
Received 17 Sept 202624 Hanover Square London
Received 17 Sept 202621 - 22 Warwick Street London W1B 5NE
Received 17 Sept 2026House Of Commons Palace Of Westminster Parliament Square London SW1A 0AA
Received 17 Sept 2026House Of Commons Palace Of Westminster Parliament Square London SW1A 0AA
Received 17 Sept 2026Ground Floor Lords Cricket Ground St John's Wood Road London NW8 8QN
Received 17 Sept 202621 - 22 Coventry Street London W1D 7AE
Received 17 Sept 202621 - 22 Coventry Street London W1D 7AE
Received 17 Sept 20266 Inverness Terrace London W2 3HU
Received 17 Sept 20266 Inverness Terrace London W2 3HU
Received 17 Sept 2026Second Floor 163 - 173 Praed Street London W2 1RH
Received 17 Sept 2026Sanderson House 50 Berners Street London W1T 3NG
Received 17 Sept 2026The Prince Regent Grand Union Canal London W2 1WN
Received 17 Sept 202620 Air Street London W1B 5AN
Received 17 Sept 202620 Air Street London W1B 5AN
Received 17 Sept 20262 Chesterfield Street London W1J 5JF
Received 17 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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