76 Long Acre London WC2E 9JS Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Use as café within Class E, operating 24 hours per day, seven days per week. (Site comprises retail unit 1) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. A decision is expected by 16 Dec 2026.
Documents 9
Decision & officer reports 1
Statements & assessments 1
Plans & drawings 3
Application forms 1
Licence at this address
Licensed hours are what the licence permits, not opening times.
Site constraints 11
Show all 33 with distances
- 9 m11-19, Broad Court Wc2Grade II
- 13 m42 and 43, Drury Lane Wc2Grade II
- 22 m78 and 79, Long Acre Wc2Grade II
- 31 mThe Marlborough Public HouseGrade II
- 37 mThe Sun Tavern Public HouseGrade II
- 42 mFormer Bow Street Magistrates Court and Police StationGrade II
- 47 m19 AND 20, BOW STREET WC2 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 54 mNorthernmost K2 Telephone Kiosk in Group to North of Bow Street Magistrates CourtGrade II
- 57 mK2 Telephone Kiosk Adjacent to Northernmost Kiosk in Group to North of Bow Street Magistrates CourtGrade II
- 60 mCentral K2 Telephone Kiosk in Group to North of Bow Street Magistrates CourtGrade II
- 63 mK2 Telephone Kiosk Adjacent to Southernmost in Group to North of Bow Street Magistrates CourtGrade II
- 64 mSouthernmost K2 Telephone Kiosk in Group to North of Bow Street Magistrates CourtGrade II
- 83 m60 and 61, Long AcreGrade II
- 84 m7 and 8, Bow Street Wc2Grade II
- 86 mFreemasons HallGrade II*
- 89 m38, Great Queen StreetGrade II
- 89 m2 Bollards Either Side of Junction With Floral StreetGrade II
- 92 m52, Floral Street Wc2Grade II
- 94 m36 and 37, Great Queen StreetGrade II
- 94 mRoyal Opera HouseGrade I
- 105 m33, 34 and 35, Great Queen StreetGrade II*
- 115 mMortuary, Lodge and Linking Walls and Gate Piers of Drury Lane GardensGrade II
- 116 mCrown Court Church (Church of Scotland)Grade II
- 118 mLamp post outside 11-14 Hanover PlaceGrade II
- 120 mFloral Hall (Paul Hamlyn Hall)Grade II
- 124 m51 and 53, Shelton StreetGrade II
- 125 m46 and 47, Floral Street Wc2Grade II
- 128 m30 and 31, Great Queen StreetGrade II
- 131 m48-52, Long Acre Wc2Grade II
- 136 mThe Fortune TheatreGrade II
- 139 m27, 28 and 29, Great Queen StreetGrade II*
- 139 m33, Betterton StreetGrade II
- 145 mBrownlow House and Attached RailingsGrade II*
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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £4,100,000 in March 2023. Other property, leasehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in November 2012, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Westminster
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (proposed)
- Postcode
- WC2E 9JS
- Received
- 16 Sept 2026
- Validated
- 21 Oct 2026
- Ward
- St James's
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 16 Dec 2026
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Corgi Cafe Uk
- Leaseholder
- Show
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 23 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15206019
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15206019
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Freehold boundary: © Crown copyright and database rights 2026, HM Land Registry. Polygons © Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey 100026316. Conditions of use
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.
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