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25/04326/FULL - Full Planning Permission Application Refused

Proposal

Installation of a new shopfront and associated external works including external lighting (Site include 23 Gerrard Street). (Linked with 25/04327/ADV) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Jun 2025
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Validated
2 Jul 2025
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Consultation
10 Jul 2025
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Refused
18 Aug 2025
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 18 Aug 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Documents 19

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF REFUSAL-FULL PP [PE] Decision Notice · 27 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 27 Aug 2025 View ↗

Statements & assessments 1

PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access Statement · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 9

PDF GENERAL DETAIL - EXTERIOR FACADE SHOPFRONT SIGNAGE DETAILS PART 2 OF 2 Drawing · 2 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SHOPFRONT Drawing · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF GENERAL DETAIL - EXTERIOR FACADE SHOPFRONT SIGNAGE DETAILS PART 1 OF 2 Drawing · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF GENERAL DETAIL - EXTERNAL STEP CURB DETAIL Drawing · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF GENERAL DETAIL - SUMMARY OF LIGHTING TYPES ON EXTERIOR Drawing · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SHOPFRONT Drawing · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE LOCATION PLAN Location Plan · 25 Jun 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORM_REDACTED Application Form · 2 Jul 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LETTER (21D) Background Papers · 10 Jul 2025 View ↗

Other documents 5

PDF ACK-GENERAL LETTER (G/P/C) Background Papers · 10 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF CNSLT-LA SOCIETY Background Papers · 10 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE 21 OR 28 DAYS IF T&C APPL. Background Papers · 10 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION Other · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗ PDF 1ST INVALID LETTER Background Papers · 27 Jun 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 11

Chinatown 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 1.2
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 ↗
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.
40 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 41 and 43, Wardour Street W1, Grade II, 17 m away · 2 Grade II*, 38 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
National infrastructure project 552 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 552 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, 33 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.
Also on the record
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 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.

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Important details

Council
Westminster
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Postcode
W1D 6JJ
Received
25 Jun 2025
Validated
2 Jul 2025
Ward
St James's
Case officer
Show
Target decision
27 Aug 2025
Decision
Application Refused
Decision date
18 Aug 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Agent
Rolfe Judd Planning

How this decision compares

Decided in 47 days from validation, 29 days faster than Westminster's median of 76 for full applications. Refused, as 14% of full applications here are.

35%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
2,198decided 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 objecting

17 neighbours consulted · Last counted 19 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14035091
Planning Portal ref
PP-14035091
Comments by
13 Aug 2025
Site or press notice
10 Jul 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Installation of a new shopfront and associated external works including step lighting (si…
25/06591/FULL
2025
Display of three halo illuminated fascia signs measuring 4.30m x 0.40m, 3.20m x 0.30m and…
25/06592/ADV
2025 Refused
Display of two internally and halo illuminated fascia signs each measuring 5.40m x 0.30m…
25/04327/ADV
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
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2025
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2025
Basement And Ground Floor Astoria House 62 Shaftesbury Avenue London W1D 6LT
Installation of mechanical plant associated with restaurant use.
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2025
33 - 37 Wardour Street London W1D 6PT
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25/06080/FULL
2025
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Variation of Condition 6 of planning permission dated 27th September 2023 (RN 23/05024/FU…
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2025
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2025
90 - 92 Shaftesbury Avenue London W1D 5EA
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25/06634/FULL
2025
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Display of internal illuminated projecting sign measuring 0.64m X 0.64m
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98 Shaftesbury Avenue London W1D 5EB
Installation of two new air vent grilles in shopfront stallriser.
25/05047/FULL
2025 Approved
Basement And Ground Floor Astoria House 62 Shaftesbury Avenue London W1D 6LT
Display of an internally illuminated fascia sign measuring 2995mm x 800mm, three halo ill…
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98 Shaftesbury Avenue London W1D 5EB
Display of one internally illuminated projecting sign measuring 0.7m x 0.7m. [Split Decis…
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Display of one internally illuminated fascia sign measuring 870m x 2590m [Split decision]
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Display of externally illuminated fascia sign measuring 4.90m x 0.62m and externally illu…
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2025
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Retention of two antennas on the Gerrard Buildings Telephone Exchange.
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2025
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Dual / alternative use of first floor (part), second floor and third floor as either a sm…
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2021 Approved
Ground 5 Lisle Street London WC2H 7BF
Variation of Condition 6 of planning permission dated 30 October 2019 (RN: 19/07230/TCH)…
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2021 Approved
Basement And Ground Floor 5 Macclesfield Street London W1D 6AY
Display of an externally illuminated fascia sign measuring 4.6m x 0.9m, an externally ill…
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2021 Approved
29 Wardour Street London W1D 6PS
Removal of existing extract duct and installation of new extract duct to rear elevation a…
21/05719/FULL
2021 Approved
29 Wardour Street London W1D 6PS
Removal of existing extract duct and installation of new extract duct to rear elevation a…
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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