55 Avenue Road NW8 6HR Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Works to rear garden to include installation of a glazed walk on skylight (1m x 3.8m) with the remaining excavated lightwell infilled with a sub-base of soil at a depth of 1.2m above the basement reading room. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 18 Sept 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 19 Oct 2026
Documents 22
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 6
Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 3
Other documents 8
Site constraints 7
Show all 16 with distances
- 45 m30 and 31, Acacia Road Nw8Grade II
- 66 m32 and 33, Acacia Road Nw8Grade II
- 74 m29, Norfolk Road Nw8Grade II
- 86 m34 and 35, Acacia Road Nw8Grade II
- 93 mFront Garden Wall and Gate Piers to Number 29Grade II
- 94 m28, Norfolk Road Nw8Grade II
- 103 m27, Norfolk Road Nw8Grade II
- 106 mFront Garden Wall and Gate Piers to Number 28Grade II
- 123 mFront and Return Garden Walls and Gate Piers to Number 27Grade II
- 124 m2 and 3, Norfolk RoadGrade II
- 127 m36 and 37, Acacia Road Nw8Grade II
- 137 mFront and Return Garden Walls and Gate Piers to Number 25Grade II
- 139 mFront and Return Garden Walls and Gate Piers to Number 25Grade II
- 139 m25, Acacia Road Nw8Grade II
- 140 m25, NORFOLK ROAD NW8 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 149 m24, Acacia Road Nw8Grade II
Checked on 1 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Sales history 2
Last sold for £290,000 in November 1999. Detached house, freehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in March 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Westminster
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Postcode
- NW8 6HR
- Received
- 25 Apr 2025
- Validated
- 30 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Regent's Park
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 24 Sept 2025
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 18 Sept 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- MEIKLE
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 50 days from validation, 26 days faster than Westminster's median of 76 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.
Plota live figures for full applications decided by Westminster in the last twelve months, from validation. Westminster decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
5 neighbours consulted · Last counted 19 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-13970481
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-13970481
- Comments by
- 27 Aug 2025
- Site or press notice
- 6 Aug 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Westminster is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #258 out of 296. Only 28% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Westminster is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 81% approved vs 90% nationally.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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