25 Melcombe Street London NW1 6AG Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Replacement shopfront. (Linked with 25/04606/LBC) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 8 Sept 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 20 Oct 2026
Documents 31
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 4
Plans & drawings 7
Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 5
Other documents 11
Associated applications 2
- Replacement shopfront. (Linked with)
Site constraints 10
Show the other 11 with distances
- 35 m1-8, Dorset Square Nw1Grade II
- 48 m29-40, Dorset Square Nw1Grade II
- 96 m170A, GLOUCESTER PLACE NW1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 101 m9-20, Dorset Square Nw1Grade II
- 113 m231-243, Baker Street Nw1Grade II
- 124 m7-15, Balcombe StreetGrade II
- 128 mWestminster Council HouseGrade II
- 135 m151-179, Gloucester Place Nw1Grade II
- 141 mThe Volunteer Public HouseGrade II
- 144 m13, Allsop PlaceGrade II
- 149 m1-29, Park Road Nw1Grade II
Checked on 1 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.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in April 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
Every application in Westminster - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.
Other new applications on this street
Nearby new applications
39 Montagu Square London W1H 2LL
Amalgamation of Flats 3 and 4 (Use Class C3) to form one single dwelling (Use Cl...
39 Montagu Square London W1H 2LL
Amalgamation of Flats 3 and 4 to form one single dwelling including associated i...
90 Gloucester Place London W1U 6HS
Use of the building as an embassy (sui generis)
41 Manchester Street London W1U 7LN
Details of a methodology, where applicable, and detailed drawings (Scale 1:20 an...
Seymour Buildings Seymour Place London W1H 4PP
t 1 birch tree reduce canopy by 20% reason getting very tall t 2 plum formative ...
2 Dorset Street London W1U 4EE
Replacement of four external condenser units with two external units within new ...
Important details
- Council
- Westminster
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Postcode
- NW1 6AG
- Received
- 4 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 25 Jul 2025
- Ward
- Regent's Park
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 19 Sept 2025
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 8 Sept 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Studio Serre Architects
- Leaseholder
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 45 days from validation, 31 days faster than Westminster's median of 76 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.
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.
15 neighbours consulted · Last counted 20 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14149852
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14149852
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
Nearby activity
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.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
Track this application
25 Melcombe Street London NW1 6AG
Tracking this application
Not there after a minute? Check your junk folder. It's from alerts@plota.co.uk.
Go to your dashboard →Sign in to view contact details
Applicant and case-officer names are hidden from public view for privacy. Create a free Plota account - or sign back in - and we'll show them, plus you get a dashboard for alerts and tracked applications.
Check your email
Leaseholders, on paid plans
The companies holding a lease of this property or of part of its building, from HM Land Registry's register of company-owned property, with its status, business and the companies that control it from Companies House, is shown to Plota subscribers. Plans start at £49 a month.
See paid plansAlready subscribed? Sign in with the email on your plan and this page will show it.
That's today's owners
Your plan shows up to 100 freehold owners a day on the site, and more from tomorrow. For owners in bulk, the API gives them on every record on the Pro plan and above.
See API plans