119 - 125 Wardour Street London W1F 0UW Data via plota.co.uk

26/05377/FULL - Full Planning Permission Application Pending

Proposal

Demolition of existing fifth floor level of Screen House (119 - 125 Wardour Street) and existing fifth and sixth floor levels at 127 Wardour Street (127-133 Wardour Street) and removal of existing rooftop structures, replacement of the fifth floor and erection of an additional new two-storey upward extension to Screen House and the replacement of the existing fifth and sixth floors and erection of additional single-storey upward extension to 127 Wardour Street, with infill extensions to existing fourth and fifth levels of Screen House and existing third, fourth and fifth levels of 127 Wardour Street, refurbishment and amalgamation of the existing buildings, to provide retail/food and beverage (Class E(a)-(b)) at ground floor level, office (class E(g)) at upper levels, soft and hard landscaping, pedestrian access, cycle parking, public realm and other associated works. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Aug 2026
✓
Validated
25 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 25 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 14 Nov 2026 and 26 Nov 2026, from Westminster's recent commercial and major works.

Comments are open until 28 Oct 2026

Comment on this application ↗

Documents 83

Statements & assessments 24

PDF AIR QUALITY ASSESSMENT Air quality assessment · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF CIRCULAR ECONOMY STATEMENT Economic statement · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF DAYLIGHT AND SUNLIGHT REPORT Daylight and Sunlight assessment · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF ECOLOGICAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Background Papers · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING FIRE STATEMENT Background Papers · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT Flood risk assessment · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF LANDSCAPE DESIGN STATEMENT Landscaping details · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Noise impact assessment · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Statement of Community Involvement · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗
PDF SOCIO-ECONOMIC STATEMENT Economic statement · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF STRUCTURAL STATEMENT Structural survey · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE STRATEGY Background Papers · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN STATEMENT INCLUDING ENERGY ASSESSMENT: PART 3 OF 3 Energy Assessment · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN STATEMENT INCLUDING ENERGY ASSESSMENT: PART 1 OF 3 Energy Assessment · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN STATEMENT INCLUDING ENERGY ASSESSMENT: PART 2 OF 3 Energy Assessment · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF TRANSPORT STATEMENT Transport Statement · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF UTILITIES ASSESSMENT Background Papers · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF WHOLE LIFE CARBON ASSESSMENT Background Papers · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT: PART 4 OF 4 Design and Access Statement · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT: PART 1 OF 4 Design and Access Statement · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT: PART 2 OF 4 Design and Access Statement · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT: PART 3 OF 4 Design and Access Statement · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE, TOWNSCAPE AND VISUAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT Heritage Statement · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PLANNING STATEMENT Planning Statement · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 46

PDF EXISTING AND PROPOSED REAR STREETSCAPE ELEVATIONS Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF GA PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SITE PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF GA PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING FIRST FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF FIRST FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF GA PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SECOND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF SECOND FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF GA PROPOSED THIRD FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING THIRD FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF THIRD FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF GA PROPOSED FOURTH FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING FOURTH FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF FOURTH FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF GA PROPOSED FIFTH FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING FIFTH FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF FIFTH FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF GA PROPOSED SIXTH FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SIXTH FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF SIXTH FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF GA PROPOSED SEVENTH FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF GA PROPOSED BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING BASEMENT PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF BASEMENT FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF GA PROPOSED FRONT ELEVATION (WARDOUR STREET) Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF GA PROPOSED REAR ELEVATION (DUCK LANE) Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING FRONT ELEVATION (WARDOUR STREET) Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING REAR ELEVATION (DUCK LANE) Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF GROUND FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF GA PROPOSED ROOF PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING ROOF PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF ROOF DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF FRONT DEMOLITION ELEVATION Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF REAR DEMOLITION ELEVATION Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SECTION A-A Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SECTION B-B Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SECTION C-C Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SECTION A-A Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SECTION B-B Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SECTION C-C Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING AND PROPOSED FRONT STREETSCAPE ELEVATIONS Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SITE PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF TRAVEL PLAN Travel Plan · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF DELIVERY AND SERVICING MANAGEMENT PLAN Background Papers · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 11

Soho 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.
Protected view corridor: 2A.2 Parliament Hill summit to the Palace of Westminster
Inside the landmark viewing corridor of a protected vista. A building that rises above the corridor's threshold height should be refused. How high that is depends on where along the view the site is.
The London Plan (policy HC4) designates strategic views, and the Mayor's London View Management Framework (March 2012) gives 13 of them a protected vista toward St Paul's Cathedral, the Palace of Westminster or the Tower of London. A vista has a threshold height that rises or falls with the line of sight. In the landmark viewing corridor, a building above it would harm the view and should be refused. In the wider setting consultation area around the corridor, a building above it is referred for consultation and its effect on the view is judged. The threshold changes along each view and is set out in the framework. A revised framework is out for consultation until 4 December 2026 and is not yet in force.
London View Management Framework ↗
Archaeological priority area: City of Westminster APA 2.5
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.
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.
National infrastructure project 807 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 807 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, 31 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 ↗
Also on the record
35 listed buildings within 150 m; 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 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

Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Postcode
W1F 0UW
Received
7 Aug 2026
Validated
25 Sept 2026
Ward
West End
Case officer
Show
Target decision
25 Dec 2026
Applicant
Show
Agent
DP9 Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 24 of the 56-day target. Westminster usually decides commercial and major works by day 56.

Day 2432 days to the 56-day target
52%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
235decided in the last year

Plota live figures for commercial and major works decided by Westminster in the last twelve months, from validation. Westminster decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

145 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14979321
Planning Portal ref
PP-14979321
Comments by
28 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
7 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
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