22 Soho Square London W1D 4NS Data via plota.co.uk

25/05339/FULL - Full Planning Permission Application Approved

Proposal

Removal and replacement of external cladding panels to the existing roof extension and existing side and rear extensions; replacement of all external windows, doors and rooflights in these areas, including installation of new sawtooth windows at first to third floor levels to the lightwell elevation; and, the removal of a fire escape stair to enable these works to be carried out [which will be reinstated upon completion of the works]. Data via plota.co.uk

Track application Save this application and get an email when its status or decision changes. Alerts nearby Get email alerts for new planning applications near this address.

View original council record ↗Last checked 31 Oct 2026, 12:17

Street View

Application progress

✓

Received

30 Jul 2025

✓

Validated

28 Aug 2025

✓

Consultation

6 Nov 2025

✓

Approved

17 Mar 2026

Approved on 17 Mar 2026 · Complex Delegated Decision · Last checked 31 Oct 2026

Documents 124

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF GRANT OF FULL PP [PE] Decision Notice · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 17 Mar 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 8

PDF DESIGN HERITAGE AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access Statement · 28 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF 22 SOHO SQUARE GATEWAY 1-PD B-REGS COMPLETION STATEMENT Background Papers · 30 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT R2 1OF2 Superseded document · 30 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT R2 2OF2 Superseded document · 30 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF COMPETENCE STATEMENT MADE Background Papers · 30 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF COMPETENCY STATEMENT FINAL Background Papers · 30 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF GATEWAY 01 FIRE STATEMENT P03 Background Papers · 30 Jul 2025 View ↗ PDF GATEWAY 01 FIRE STATEMENT - COMPETENCY FORM AND STATEMENT FW Background Papers · 30 Jul 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 81

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATION FORM REDACTED Application Form · 30 Jul 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 9

PDF HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMENT Consultee Comment · 21 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF TFL CROSSRAIL 1 COMMENT Consultee Comment · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF TFL CROSSRAIL 2 COMMENT Consultee Comment · 13 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF ECNSLT-STD EXT CONSULTEES Background Papers · 6 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF Commenter’s name hidden Show Other · 6 Nov 2025 View ↗

PDF HEALTH AND SAFETY COMMENT Consultee Comment · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF TFL CROSSRAIL 1 COMMENTS Consultee Comment · 5 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF ECNSLT-STD EXT CONSULTEES Background Papers · 2 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LETTER (21D) Background Papers · 2 Sept 2025 View ↗

Site constraints 10

Soho 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 2.5

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.

53 listed buildings within 150 m

Nearest: Roman Catholic Church of St Patricks, Grade II*, 4 m away · 1 Grade I, 9 Grade II*, 43 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.

Show all 53 with distances

4 mRoman Catholic Church of St PatricksGrade II*
4 mSt Patrick's PresbyteryGrade II
24 m26, Soho Square W1Grade II*
28 m21, Soho Square W1Grade II
32 mHouse of St BarnabasGrade I
48 m14, Manette Street W1Grade II
51 m3, Greek Street W1Grade II
64 mCentral Timber Framed Arbour/Tool ShedGrade II
68 m6, Greek Street W1Grade II
71 mThe Hospital for WomenGrade II
73 mStatue of Charles Ii in Square GardenGrade II
74 m16 and 17, Manette Street W1Grade II
80 m15, Soho Square W1Grade II
83 m8, Greek Street W1Grade II
85 m58, Greek Street W1Grade II
86 m13, Soho Square W1Grade II*
89 m35, Oxford StreetGrade II
100 m20, DENMARK STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
104 m5, Frith Street W1Grade II
106 mCentre PointGrade II
107 m10 and 10a, Soho Square W1Grade II
107 m6, FRITH STREET W1 (See details for further address information)Grade II*
111 m36, Soho Square W1Grade II
112 m37, Soho Square W1Grade II
112 m9 and 10, Denmark StreetGrade II
115 m38 and 38a, Soho Square W1Grade II
116 m64, Frith Street W1Grade II
117 mThe French Protestant ChurchGrade II*
119 m2, Soho Square W1Grade II
119 m63, Frith Street W1Grade II
120 m14, Greek Street W1Grade II
122 m3, SOHO SQUARE W1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
122 m62, Frith Street W1Grade II
125 m4, 5 AND 6, SOHO SQUARE W1 (See details for further address information)Grade II
125 mNo 7 Denmark StreetGrade II*
126 m61, Frith Street W1Grade II
126 mFormer Oxford Corner HouseGrade II
130 m60, Frith Street W1Grade II*
130 mNo 6 Denmark StreetGrade II*
131 m19, Carlisle Street W1Grade II
131 mFlying Horse Public HouseGrade II*
132 m34 and 36, Oxford Street W1Grade II
134 m58 and 59, Frith Street W1Grade II
134 m50, Greek Street W1Grade II
134 m5, Denmark StreetGrade II
135 m8, Dean Street W1Grade II
139 m12, Flitcroft StreetGrade II
141 m26, Denmark StreetGrade II
142 m17, Greek Street W1Grade II
144 mPhoenix TheatreGrade II
146 m48, Greek Street W1Grade II
148 m27, Denmark StreetGrade II
149 mThe Dog and Duck Public HouseGrade II

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.

National infrastructure project 835 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel

The site is 835 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, 262 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 ↗

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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £14,079,724 in June 2024. Other property, freehold.

24 June 2024£14,079,724Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area1,347 m² (14,499 sq ft)

Energy ratingB (asset rating 45)

UseOffices and Workshop Businesses

HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2023, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

Work with planning data?

Every application in Westminster - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Other new applications on this street

12 Aug 2026Pending

11 Soho Square London W1D 3QE

Amendments to planning permission dated 14th May 2024 (RN: 23/05567/FULL) for, "...

26/05465/NMA

9 Jun 2026Pending

Century House 31 - 32 Soho Square London W1D 3AP

Part demolition of 31- 32 Soho Square, demolition of 65-66 Frith Street, and ret...

26/03161/FULL

Nearby new applications

3 Nov 2026Pending

65-67 Neal Street London WC2H 9PJ

Display of an externally illuminated fascia sign and an externally illuminated p...

2026/4674/A

3 Nov 2026Pending

4 Carlisle Street London W1D 3BJ

Display of internally illumianted fascia sign measuring 1.19m x 3.98m. (Linked w...

26/06008/ADV

3 Nov 2026Pending

4 Carlisle Street London W1D 3BJ

Retention and regularisation of the existing fascia sign, removal of the existin...

26/06011/LBC

2 Nov 2026Pending

9 Goodge Place London W1T 4SG

Internal alterations and refurbishments, including reconfigured bathrooms, alter...

2026/4584/L

30 Oct 2026Pending

Trocadero 13 Coventry Street London W1D 7DH

Installation of a telecommunications cable within a Grade II listed building to ...

26/07419/LBC

30 Oct 2026Pending

Rupert House 19 Rupert Street London W1D 7PA

Remediation works to the existing facade.

26/07422/FULL

Important details

Council: Westminster
Application type: Full Planning Permission Application
Postcode: W1D 4NS
Received: 30 Jul 2025
Validated: 28 Aug 2025
Ward: West End
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 20 Mar 2026
Decision: Application Permitted
Decision date: 17 Mar 2026
Decision level: Complex Delegated Decision
Applicant: Show
Agent: Made Architects Limited
Freehold owner: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 201 days from validation, 125 days slower than Westminster's median of 76 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.

This one201d

Council76d

UK57d

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 31 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference: PP-14200322
Planning Portal ref: PP-14200322
Comments by: 10 Dec 2025
Site or press notice: 6 Nov 2025
Env. assessment: No

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025

16 Soho Square London W1D 3QH

Removal of the existing fifth storey and replacement with a two-storey upward extension t…

25/07401/FULL 14 Oct 2025

2025

4 Soho Place London W1D 3BG

Display of one internally illuminated other sign measuring 2.5m x 7.5m, one internally il…

25/07397/ADV 13 Oct 2025

2025 Approved

1 Frith Street London W1D 3HZ

Repair works to existing vaults, repair and replacement of steel lintels, replacement of…

25/06232/LBC 16 Sep 2025

2025

The House Of St Barnabas In Soho 1 Greek Street London W1D 4NQ

Repairs to internal walls, ceilings, and floors.

25/03312/LBC 15 May 2025

2025

Royal George 133 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0EA

Display of one internally illuminated facsia sign measuring 0.482m x 6m.

25/02099/ADV 28 Mar 2025

2024 Approved

128 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0LA

Refurbishment of existing shopfront.

2024/5051/P 7 Jan 2025

2024

1 Oxford Street London W1D 2DH

Display of internally illuminated hanging sign measuring 0.65m x 0.12m.

24/08783/ADV 17 Dec 2024

2024 Withdrawn

14 - 15 Manette Street London

Internal and external alterations in connection with use of the building as a restaurant…

24/06977/LBC 18 Nov 2024

2024

14 - 15 Manette Street London

Removal of the existing gates, fire escape stair and plant equipment; installation of new…

24/06976/FULL 4 Oct 2024

2024

Basement And Ground Floor 6 Greek Street London W1D 4DE

Display of A Board measuring 0.94m x 0.6m

24/04688/ADV 11 Jul 2024

2024 Approved

130 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0LA

Change of use from a hot food takeaway (Sui Generis) to a commercial use (Use Class E)

2024/1496/P 27 Jun 2024

2024

13 Soho Square London W1D 3QF

Use of the property as offices and recording studios (Class E(g)).

24/03768/CLOPUD 6 Jun 2024

2024 Refused

Basement And Ground Floor 10 Greek Street London W1D 4DH

Display of an internally illuminated projecting sign measuring 40cm x 40cm x 10cm.

24/01277/ADV 23 May 2024

2024

3 Greek Street London W1D 4DE

Part change of use of first floor, from vacant office (Class E), to tasting room associat…

24/03056/FULL 9 May 2024

2024 Withdrawn

134 Charing Cross Road London Camden WC2H 0LA

Fit-out of existing retail unit to create a new take-away bakery unit over ground and bas…

2024/1559/NEW 19 Apr 2024

2022 Approved

BT Street Hub Outside 127-133 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0EA

Display of 2no. digital 75" LCD display screens, one on each side of a proposed Street Hu…

22/06488/ADV 11 Mar 2024

2023 Approved

58 Greek Street London W1D 3DY

Display of an externally illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.45m x 0.67m. [Split decision…

23/08591/ADV 15 Feb 2024

2023 Refused

58 Greek Street London W1D 3DY

Display of an internally illuminated projecting sign measuring 45cm x 50cm. [Split decisi…

24/00360/ADV 15 Feb 2024

2024 Approved

1 Oxford Street London W1D 2DH

Display of two internally illuminated (logo / lettering only) fascia signs measuring 139c…

24/00070/ADV 18 Jan 2024

2023 Approved

127-133 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0EA

Display of advertisements on hoarding measuring a total of 4.35m x 24.14m for a temporary…

23/07963/ADV 12 Jan 2024

2020 Withdrawn

St Patrick's R C Church 21A Soho Square London W1D 4NR

Installation of external lighting to the elevations and tower, alteration of rainwater do…

20/01684/LBC 28 Apr 2020

2020 Approved

27 Soho Square London W1D 3QR

Display of one non-illuminated marketing poster, measuring 1.716m x 1.245m, behind window…

20/02340/ADV 15 Apr 2020

2020 Approved

Garden Enclosure Soho Square London W1D 3QH

Installation of a rainbow sculpture by the artist Graham McLoughlin for a period of up to…

20/01161/FULL 26 Mar 2020

2020 Approved

57 Greek Street London W1D 3DX

Display for a temporary period of six months of a non-illuminated estate agents board loc…

20/00740/ADV 21 Feb 2020

2020 Approved

57 Greek Street London W1D 3DX

Display for a temporary period of six months of a non-illuminated estate agents board loc…

20/00740/AD7 21 Feb 2020

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

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.

Freehold owner and 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.

22 Soho Square London W1D 4NS Data via plota.co.uk

Proposal

Application progress

Documents 124

Decision & officer reports 2

Statements & assessments 8

Plans & drawings 81

Application forms 1

Consultation & comments 9

Other documents 23

Site constraints 10

Sales history 1

Building

Other new applications on this street

Nearby new applications

Important details

How this decision compares

Public comments

Consultation & key dates

Nearby activity