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25/08174/FULL - Full Planning Permission Application Approved
Admin / procedural

Proposal

Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission dated 22 June 2023 () for: partial demolition, alterations, extensions and refurbishment of existing buildings to provide a part 4-8 storey block plus one basement level for use as Hotel (Class C1) with ancillary facilities and roof terrace; continued pub/bar (Sui Generis) and residential (Class C3) at 23 Wellington Street; provision of plant, servicing, cycle parking and other associated works namely, the creation of eight additional hotel guest bedrooms, internal layout changes to the hotel and alterations to doors to the corner entrance on Wellington Street/Tavistock Street. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
10 Nov 2025
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Approved
28 Jul 2026

Approved on 28 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Oct 2026

Documents 56

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF CONDITIONAL PERMISSION APPROVED Decision Notice · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 7

PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT (UPDATED VERSION) Design and Access Statement · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT (UPDATED VERSION) Design and Access Statement · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT (UPDATED VERSION) Design and Access Statement · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE IMPACT ASSESSMENT Heritage Statement · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT - COVENT GARDEN LONDON 1 Superseded document · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT - COVENT GARDEN LONDON 2 Superseded document · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT - COVENT GARDEN LONDON 3 Superseded document · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 36

PDF SECTION 106 LEGAL AGREEMENT Legal Agreement · 28 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED THIRD FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 24 Apr 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED BASEMENT PLAN Drawing · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED FIRST FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SECOND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED SIXTH FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED WELLINGTON STREET ELEVATION Drawing · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED LOWER GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 20 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF REVISED BASEMENT PLAN Superseded document · 3 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF REVISED LOWER GROUND PLAN Superseded document · 3 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF REVISED GROUND FLOOR PLAN Superseded document · 3 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF LOCATION PLAN Location Plan · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE PLAN Location Plan · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FIRST FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SECOND FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF THIRD FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FOURTH FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FIFTH FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SIXTH FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SEVENTH FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF EIGHTH FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF LOWER GROUND FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF BASEMENT FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF GROUND FLOOR DEMOLITION PLAN Drawing · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF GROUND FLOOR PROPOSED PLAN Superseded document · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FIRST FLOOR PROPOSED PLAN Superseded document · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SECOND FLOOR PROPOSED PLAN Superseded document · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF THIRD FLOOR PROPOSED PLAN Superseded document · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FOURTH FLOOR PROPOSED PLAN Drawing · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FIFTH FLOOR PROPOSED PLAN Drawing · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SIXTH FLOOR PROPOSED PLAN Superseded document · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SEVENTH FLOOR PROPOSED PLAN Drawing · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF EIGHTH FLOOR PROPOSED PLAN Drawing · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF LOWER GROUND FLOOR PROPOSED PLAN Superseded document · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF BASEMENT FLOOR PROPOSED PLAN Superseded document · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LETTER (21D) Background Papers · 17 Nov 2025 View ↗

Other documents 10

PDF COVER LETTER (UPDATED VERSION) Background Papers · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF DRAFT S106 DOV Background Papers · 13 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF ACK-GENERAL LETTER (G/P/C) Background Papers · 17 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE 21 OR 28 DAYS IF T&C APPL. Background Papers · 17 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF CNSLT-LA SOCIETY Background Papers · 17 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF CNSLT-LA SOCIETY Background Papers · 17 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ECNSLT-INTERNAL CONSULTS Background Papers · 17 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ECNSLT-INTERNAL CONSULTS Background Papers · 17 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION Other · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF COVER LETTER Superseded document · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 9

Site constraints 11

Covent Garden 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.
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 ↗
National infrastructure project 91 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 91 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, 235 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 ↗
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.
48 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 15 Exeter Street, Grade II, 10 m away · 3 Grade I, 5 Grade II*, 40 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 ↗
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
Registered park or garden 241 m away: Victoria Embankment Gardens; 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 2 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
WC2E 7DD
Received
10 Nov 2025
Validated
10 Nov 2025
Ward
St James's
Case officer
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Target decision
31 Jul 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
28 Jul 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Newmark

Public comments

No public comments yet.

80 neighbours consulted · Last counted 11 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14370997
Planning Portal ref
PP-14370997
Comments by
17 Dec 2025
Site or press notice
26 Nov 2025
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Replacement of modern door in 15 Exeter Street and replacement of modern floor finishes f…
25/08141/LBC
2025
Installation of external lighting at Wellington Street, Tavistock Street, Burleigh Street…
25/07108/LBC
2025
Installation of external lighting at Wellington Street, Tavistock Street, Burleigh Street…
25/07107/FULL
2025
Display of 4 no. externally illuminated menu case signs, two to the corner entrance at Bu…
25/06890/ADV
2025
Display of 4 no. externally illuminated menu case signs, two to the corner entrance at Bu…
25/06894/LBC
2025 Refused
Installation of external lighting at Wellington Street, Tavistock Street, Burleigh Street…
25/03797/LBC
2025 Refused
Installation of external lighting at Wellington Street, Tavistock Street, Burleigh Street…
25/03796/FULL
2025
Installation of 5 privacy screens at Wellington Street, Tavistock Street and Exeter Stree…
25/02443/FULL
2024
Display of 3 non-illuminated advertisement banners affixed to the scaffolding shroud on t…
24/05791/ADV
2024
Installation of CCTV to the external facade at Wellington Street, Tavistock Street, Burle…
24/03584/LBC
2024
Installation of CCTV to the external facade at Wellington Street, Tavistock Street, Burle…
24/03583/FULL
2024
Installation of advertisement on hoardings around the development site measuring 2.245 x…
24/01451/ADV
2022 Approved
Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission dated 8 April 2022 (21/02273/FULL) for: p…
22/08028/FULL
2022 Approved
External alterations including mansard roof extension to 22 Tavistock Street; replacement…
22/07893/LBC
2022 Refused
Installation of external lighting at Wellington Street, Tavistock Street, Burleigh Street…
22/08059/LBC
2022 Refused
Installation of external lighting at Wellington Street, Tavistock Street, Burleigh Street…
22/08058/FULL
2021 Approved
Repair and refurbishment of 14 Burleigh Street, 15 Exeter Street, 22 Tavistock Street and…
21/02274/LBC
2021 Approved
Partial demolition, alterations, extensions and refurbishment of existing buildings to pr…
21/02273/FULL
2021 Approved
Request for an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) Screening Opinion under Regulation 6…
21/00935/EIASCR
2017 Approved
Repair and refurbishment of 14 Burleigh Street, 15 Exeter Street, Burleigh House, 22 Tavi…
17/08420/LBC
2016 Approved
Redevelopment behind the partially retained facades of the non-listed buildings excluding…
16/03534/FULL
2016 Approved
Repair and refurbishment of 14 Burleigh Street, 15 Exeter Street and Burleigh House, 22 T…
16/03536/LBC
2016 Approved
Request for Screening Opinion pursuant to Regulation 5 of the Town and Country Planning (…
16/00258/EIASCR
2025
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25/07687/ADFULL
2025
Detailed drawings of new vault doors at a scale of 1:10 and sections at 1:5 of in relatio…
25/07641/ADLBC
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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