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25/06863/FULL - Full Planning Permission Application Approved

Proposal

Installation of condenser units within an acoustic enclosure at roof level (George House). Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 12 Oct 2026, 22:53

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Application progress

✓

Received

24 Sept 2025

✓

Validated

15 Oct 2025

✓

Approved

20 Feb 2026

Approved on 20 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 12 Oct 2026

Documents 29

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF GRANT OF FULL PP [PE] Decision Notice · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF NOISE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Acoustic report · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 15

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LETTER (21D) Background Papers · 27 Oct 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 10

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea

High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.

The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.

Flood map ↗

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Archaeological priority area: City of Westminster APA 3.2

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 ↗

National infrastructure project 139 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel

The site is 139 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, 30 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 ↗

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.

Conservation area 6 m away: Vincent Square

The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.

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 ↗

Also on the record

12 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

Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 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
Received: 24 Sept 2025
Validated: 15 Oct 2025
Ward: Vincent Square
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 27 Feb 2026
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 20 Feb 2026
Decision level: Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Quod

How this decision compares

Decided in 128 days from validation, 54 days slower than Westminster's median of 74 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.

This one128d

Council74d

UK56d

36%decided within 8 weeks

86%approved

2,057decided 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.

150 neighbours consulted · Last counted 12 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14336067
Planning Portal ref: PP-14336067
Comments by: 26 Nov 2025
Site or press notice: 5 Nov 2025
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