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25/09350/FULL - Full Planning Permission Application Approved

Proposal

Use of the Parade Ground area of Hyde Park for the British Summer Time Concert event, including associated structures, for a temporary two year period between: 25 June 2026 and 12 July 2026 with site set up and clearance between 3 June 2026 and 23 July 2026; and 24 June 2027 and 11 July 2027 with site set up and clearance between 2 June 2027 and 22 July 2027. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

24 Dec 2025

✓

Approved

4 Jun 2026

Approved on 4 Jun 2026 · Complex Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Oct 2026

Documents 74

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF GRANT OF FULL PP [PE] Decision Notice · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 4 Jun 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 21

Site constraints 11

Metropolitan Open Land

Green belt level protection inside London.

The London Plan gives Metropolitan Open Land the same protection as green belt: inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.

Registered park or garden: Hyde Park

Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Royal Parks 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 ↗

Article 4 direction

Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Agricultural land, grade 2

Best and most versatile land (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Source: the Predictive Agricultural Land Classification Map (Defra and Natural England, 2025; the Welsh Government's Predictive ALC Map 2 in Wales), a model rather than a site survey. A site survey can differ.

Where development of farmland is needed, policy prefers poorer land over the best and most versatile (grades 1, 2 and 3a). Three sources: Natural England's post-1988 field surveys, which are definitive where they exist; the Defra predictive map for England (2025) and the Welsh Government predictive map, modelled from the soil map with 3a and 3b split; and the 1970s provisional map, which planners and other services still show, coarser and with grade 3 undivided. Where the provisional and predicted grades disagree, treat the predicted grade as the current estimate and expect an application to carry its own survey.

Archaeological priority area: City of Westminster APA 2.3

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 ↗

Habitat network: Wood pasture and parkland

Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.

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

National infrastructure project 513 m away: London Strategic Heat Main Project, at pre-application; Public transport access: PTAL 5 (very good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.

Not affected

Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

Checked on 6 October 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: W2 2UH
Received: 24 Dec 2025
Validated: 24 Dec 2025
Ward: Hyde Park
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 5 Jun 2026
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 4 Jun 2026
Decision level: Complex Delegated Decision
Agent: Turley

How this decision compares

Decided in 162 days from validation, 98 days slower than Westminster's median of 64 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.

This one162d

Council64d

UK56d

40%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

1,349decided 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

1comment received

1 neutral

438 neighbours consulted · Last counted 4 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14578792
Planning Portal ref: PP-14578792
Comments by: 18 Mar 2026
Site or press notice: 25 Feb 2026
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved

Amendments to planning permission dated 02 September 2024 (RN: 24/03126/FULL) for the: Us…

25/02699/NMA 12 May 2025

2024

Use of an area of Hyde Park for the Christmas Winter Wonderland event including an outdoo…

24/03126/FULL 13 May 2024

2023 Approved

Erection of a jetty extension to the Eastern Boathouse located on the north eastern edge…

23/06377/CLOPUD 10 Nov 2023

2023 Approved

Use of an area of Hyde Park for the Christmas event 'Winter Wonderland' including an outd…

23/04310/FULL 9 Oct 2023

2022

Use of an area of Hyde Park for the Christmas event 'Winter Wonderland' including an outd…

22/04521/FULL 7 Jul 2022

2022 Approved

Temporary tipi bar, food preparation and pass area, demountable pergola and further outdo…

22/00955/CLOPUD 5 Apr 2022

2021 Approved

Use of an area of Hyde Park for the Christmas event 'Winter Wonderland' including an outd…

21/03622/FULL 30 Sep 2021

2020 Approved

Use of an area of Hyde Park for the Christmas event 'Winter Wonderland' including an outd…

20/03815/FULL 23 Jul 2020

2019 Approved

Use of an area of Hyde Park for the Christmas event 'Winter Wonderland' including an outd…

19/05088/FULL 23 Sep 2019

2019 Approved

1 x London plane (id 09V7): Dismantle to 8 metre monolith

19/00351/TCA 29 Jan 2019

2018 Approved

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2018 Approved

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18/09530/ADFULL 21 Nov 2018

2018 Approved

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18/05489/FULL 17 Oct 2018

2018 Approved

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18/04689/FULL 13 Aug 2018

2018 Approved

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18/02677/ADFULL 30 Apr 2018

2018 Approved

Details of facing materials pursuant to condition 3 of planning permission date 19 Januar…

18/02676/ADFULL 30 Apr 2018

2017 Approved

Erection of single storey building to accommodate the catering facilities, including stor…

17/09690/FULL 19 Jan 2018

2017 Approved

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2016 Approved

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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

Hyde Park Serpentine Road London W2 2UH Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 74

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 21

Plans & drawings 8

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 12

Other documents 30

Site constraints 11

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