Barrett Street Public Convenience Outside 21 Barrett Street London W1U 1AX Data via plota.co.uk
25/08119/FULL - Full Planning Permission Application
Approved
Proposal
Use of the Barrett Street Public Conveniences as a cafe or retail unit (both Class E). Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
7 Nov 2025
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Consultation
17 Nov 2025
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Approved
5 May 2026
Approved on 5 May 2026 · Complex Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Oct 2026
Documents 39
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 19
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PROPOSED LAYOUT - RETAIL
Drawing · 29 Apr 2026
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PROPOSED LAYOUT - CAFE
Drawing · 29 Apr 2026
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BARRETT STREET TOILETS - CAFE - DRAFT OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT PLAN (002)
Background Papers · 7 Nov 2025
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BLOCK PLAN - FINAL
Drawing · 7 Nov 2025
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EXISTING LAYOUT - FINAL
Drawing · 7 Nov 2025
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PROPOSED LAYOUT OPTION 1 - FINAL
Superseded document · 7 Nov 2025
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PROPOSED LAYOUT OPTION 2 - FINAL
Superseded document · 7 Nov 2025
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PROPOSED LAYOUT OPTION 3 - FINAL
Superseded document · 7 Nov 2025
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PROPOSED LAYOUT OPTION 4 - RETAIL - FINAL
Superseded document · 7 Nov 2025
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SITE LOCATION PLAN - FINAL
Location Plan · 7 Nov 2025
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BARRETT STREET TOILETS - RETAIL - DRAFT OPERATIONAL MANAGEMENT PLAN
Background Papers · 7 Nov 2025
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SECTION - EXISTING_INCLUDED_IN_FLOOR PLAN - EXISTING
Background Papers · 7 Nov 2025
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PUBLIC TOILETS 3-5 BARRETT ST ST CHRISTOPER PLACE - ELEVATION P
Superseded document · 7 Nov 2025
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ELEVATION (REAR) - PROPOSED INCLUDED IN ELEVATION (FRONT) - PROPOSED
Superseded document · 7 Nov 2025
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ELEVATION (SIDE) - PROPOSED INCLUDED IN ELEVATION (FRONT) - PROPOSED
Superseded document · 7 Nov 2025
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PUBLIC TOILETS 3-5 BARRETT ST ST CHRISTOPER PLACE - ELEVATION E
Superseded document · 7 Nov 2025
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ELEVATION (REAR) - EXISTING INCLUDED IN ELEVATION (FRONT) - EXISTING
Superseded document · 7 Nov 2025
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ELEVATION (SIDE) - EXISTING INCLUDED IN ELEVATION (FRONT) - EXISTING
Superseded document · 7 Nov 2025
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SECTION - PROPOSED_INCLUDED_IN_FLOOR PLAN
Background Papers · 7 Nov 2025
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Application forms 1
Consultation & comments 1
Other documents 14
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ACK-GENERAL LETTER (G/P/C)
Background Papers · 17 Nov 2025
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CNSLT-LA SOCIETY
Background Papers · 17 Nov 2025
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ECNSLT-INTERNAL CONSULTS
Background Papers · 17 Nov 2025
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ECNSLT-INTERNAL CONSULTS
Background Papers · 17 Nov 2025
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SITE NOTICE 21 OR 28 DAYS IF T&C APPL.
Background Papers · 17 Nov 2025
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RECEIPT OF APPLICATION
ACKREC · 12 Nov 2025
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APPLICATION SUMMARY SHEET
Background Papers · 12 Nov 2025
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1ST INVALID LETTER
Background Papers · 12 Nov 2025
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ATTACHMENT SUMMARY
Background Papers · 7 Nov 2025
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ST CHRISTOPHERS PLACE FORMER WCS PARTICULARS - OCTOBER 2021
Background Papers · 7 Nov 2025
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FMX - BARRETT STREET - MARKETING REPORT - SEPTEMBER 2025
Background Papers · 7 Nov 2025
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PUBLIC TOILETS 3-5 BARRETT ST ST CHRISTOPER PLACE - EXISTING
Superseded document · 7 Nov 2025
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PUBLIC TOILETS 3-5 BARRETT ST ST CHRISTOPER PLACE - PROPOSED
Superseded document · 7 Nov 2025
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BARRETT STREET - TOILET BLOCK - CLASS E COU - COVER LETTER
Background Papers · 7 Nov 2025
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Site constraints 12
Stratford Place conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
2 Article 4 directions
Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed · Article 4 Direction Class E To C3 In Central Activities Zone. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Archaeological priority area: City of Westminster APA 2.9
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
Air quality management area: Westminster AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Town centre: West End
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
16 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 23-31, St Christopher's Place W1, Grade II, 25 m away · 1 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 13 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
Show all 16 with distances
- 25 m23-31, St Christopher's Place W1Grade II
- 32 m12 and 13, Stratford Place W1Grade II
- 34 m16, Stratford Place W1Grade II
- 50 mStratford House, the Oriental ClubGrade I
- 54 m360-366, Oxford Street W1Grade II
- 55 m20, Stratford Place W1Grade II
- 59 m368-370, Oxford StreetGrade II
- 79 m2-7, Stratford Place W1Grade II
- 84 m8-10, Stratford Place W1Grade II
- 86 mListed buildings 1263947
- 103 mSelfridgesGrade II*
- 110 mPorter's Lodge in Front of Number 1Grade II
- 121 m76 and 78, Wigmore Street W1Grade II
- 124 m55-73, Duke StreetGrade II
- 135 m22, Binney StreetGrade II
- 144 m21, Binney StreetGrade II
Central activities zone
The core of central London in the London Plan.
Offices, culture and the other strategic functions of the centre take priority over new housing here.
Protected tree 11 m away: W508_T1, order W508
Named in a tree preservation order: work to it, its roots included, needs the council's consent first.
Root protection areas reach up to 15 m from a large tree, so an extension or new foundations this close usually needs a tree survey. Only some councils publish their single trees, and a position can be approximate: the order at the council is the definitive record, and no tree shown is not proof there is none.
Also on the record
National infrastructure project 1691 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Registered park or garden 218 m away: Portman Square and Manchester Square; Inside the City of Westminster built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site
Checked on 2 November 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, 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.
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Important details
- Council
- Westminster
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Postcode
- W1U 1AX
- Received
- 7 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 7 Nov 2025
- Ward
- West End
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 6 May 2026
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 5 May 2026
- Decision level
- Complex Delegated Decision
- Applicant
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- Agent
- Rolfe Judd Planning
How this decision compares
Decided in 179 days from validation, 103 days slower than Westminster's median of 76 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.
This one179d
Council76d
UK57d
35%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
2,198decided in the last year
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.
24 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14405185
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14405185
- Comments by
- 17 Dec 2025
- Site or press notice
- 17 Nov 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
28 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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Previous applications at this address
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
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Refused
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Reconfiguration and extension of the existing plant enclosure, and the installation of re…
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12 Stratford Place London W1C 1BB
Enlarge existing opening between 2 rooms on upper ground floor.
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4 Stratford Place London W1C 1AT
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Withdrawn
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Refused
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50 James Street Marylebone London W1U 1HB
Display of non illuminated hoarding sign measuring 4.8m X 2.4m for a temporary period fro…
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376 - 384 Oxford Street London W1C 1JY
Display of non-illuminated hoarding graphics measuring 22.845m X 4m, 8.32m X 4m, 7.751m X…
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376 - 384 Oxford Street London W1C 1JY
Display of non-illuminated hoarding graphics for a temporary period from 1 March 2025 unt…
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376 - 384 Oxford Street London W1C 1JY
Alterations to Oxford Street shopfront, including erection of shopfront canopy and side f…
2025
Basement To First Floor 374 Oxford Street London W1C 1JR
Installation of new shopfront including signage 3 fascia sign (internal illumination to l…
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1 James Street Marylebone London W1U 1DR
Replacement of two first floor louvres with windows to the Barrett Street elevation.
2024
1 Barrett Street London W1U 1AX
Display of one externally illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.29m x 1.77m. Linked with 24…
2020
Approved
20 Stratford Place London W1C 1BG
Installation of a waterproof tanking system to the pavement vaults and replacement of the…
2020
Approved
Basement And Ground Floor 6-8 St Christopher's Place London W1U 1ND
Variation of Condition 5 of planning permission dated 8 March 2018 (RN: 18/00452) for the…
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Westminster
Planning Authority Score
3.5/10
Below average
#221 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions
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.
One of the strictest councils
only 81% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application.
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Westminster decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #201 of 296
81%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #277 of 296
44%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #258 of 296
28%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #46 of 296
83%
Minor dwellings approved
12 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
133 decided
4,602
Total decisions
648 refused in the year to March 2026
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