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25/07693/TELCOM - Applic. to determine telecom. equipment Approved

Proposal

Relocation of two existing antennas and one existing RRU, installation of three additional antennas and associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
23 Oct 2025
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Approved
12 Feb 2026

Approved on 12 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 17 Oct 2026

Documents 19

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF GRANT PRIOR APPR REQ'D-TELCOM [PE] Decision Notice · 12 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 12 Feb 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF DESIGN ACCESS SUPPORTING AND HERITAGE STATEMENT V1 Heritage Statement · 23 Oct 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF EXISTING AND PROPOSED DRAWINGS Drawing · 23 Oct 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 23 Oct 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF NEIGHBOUR LETTER - PRIOR APPROVAL Background Papers · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗

Other documents 13

PDF ACK-GENERAL LETTER (G/P/C) Background Papers · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF CNSLT-LA SOCIETY Background Papers · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ECNSLT-INTERNAL CONSULTS Background Papers · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE 21 OR 28 DAYS IF T&C APPL. Background Papers · 14 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION Other · 27 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 1ST INVALID LETTER Background Papers · 27 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF DCMS MHCLG COLLABORATING FOR DIGITAL CONNECTIVITY LETTER Background Papers · 23 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF FUTURE_TELECOMS_INFRASTRUCTURE_REVIEW Background Papers · 23 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF UK_WIRELESS_INFRASTRUCTURE_STRATEGY_APRIL 2023 Background Papers · 23 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 5G AND FUTURE TECHNOLOGY Background Papers · 23 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF Supporter’s name hidden Show Background Papers · 23 Oct 2025 View ↗
PDF 90008 - DEV NOTICE Background Papers · 23 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 90008 - GPDO COVERING LETTER Background Papers · 23 Oct 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Chinatown 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.
Council document ↗
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 1.2
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.
Council record ↗
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.
National infrastructure project 441 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 441 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, 18 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
47 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 20 AND 20A, NEWPORT COURT WC2 (See details for further address information), Grade II, 10 m away · 3 Grade II*, 44 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.
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Historic England ↗
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.
Also on the record
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
Applic. to determine telecom. equipment
Postcode
WC2H 7PS
Received
23 Oct 2025
Validated
23 Oct 2025
Ward
St James's
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Dec 2025
Decision
Prior Approval Approved
Decision date
12 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Agent
Telent

How this decision compares

Decided in 112 days from validation, 60 days slower than Westminster's median of 52 for prior approvals. Approved, as 85% of prior approvals here are.

80%decided within 8 weeks
85%approved
89decided in the last year

Plota live figures for prior approvals decided by Westminster in the last twelve months, from validation. Westminster decision record →

Public comments

1comment received
1 supporting

62 neighbours consulted · Last counted 17 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14435274
Planning Portal ref
PP-14435274
Comments by
17 Dec 2025
Site or press notice
26 Nov 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

32 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024
Installation of a fibre optic network externally and internally at Vale Royal House.
24/00023/CLOPUD
2022
Provision of kitchen extract fan outlets through external walls to individual flats.
22/06784/FULL
2022 Approved
Amendments to planning permission dated 20 July 2020 (20/02831/COFUL) for "Works of repai…
22/02422/NMA
2022 Approved
Details of replacement front entrance doors to flats, pursuant to condition 4 of planning…
22/02423/COGADF
2020 Approved
Removal and replacement of 6 existing antennas with 6 upgraded antennas located on new st…
20/07703/FULL
2020 Approved
Works of repair and refurbishment to entire block, including installation of replacement…
20/02831/COFUL
2016 Approved
Replacement of windows.
16/11486/COFUL
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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. View full council performance
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings