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26/06292/FULL - Full Planning Permission Application Pending
Extensions & alterations

Proposal

Replacment of existing door and frame and replacing with matching double doors to match existing colour. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
14 Sept 2026
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Validated
19 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 14 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 9 Dec 2026 and 18 Dec 2026, from Westminster's recent extensions.

Documents 15

Statements & assessments 2

PDF HERITAGE STATEMENT Heritage Statement · 19 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF DESIGN ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access Statement · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 6

PDF PROPOSED ELEVATION SHOWING NEW DOUBLE DOORS Drawing · 19 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING ELEVATION OF SHOP FRONT Drawing · 19 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF LOCATION PLAN Location Plan · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED FRONTAGE ELEVATION Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF EXISTING FRONTAGE ELEVATION Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 14 Sept 2026 View ↗

Other documents 6

IMG PHOTO 1 Photo · 19 Oct 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTO 2 Photo · 19 Oct 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTO 3 Photo · 19 Oct 2026 View ↗ IMG PHOTO 4 Photo · 19 Oct 2026 View ↗ PDF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION Other · 22 Sept 2026 View ↗ PDF 1ST INVALID LETTER Background Papers · 22 Sept 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 12

Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Savoy 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.
National infrastructure project: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is inside 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, 41 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 ↗
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.
20 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Cabmen's Shelter, Northumberland Avenue, Grade II, 9 m away · 2 Grade I, 5 Grade II*, 13 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 20 with distances
Historic England ↗
Registered park or garden 37 m away: Victoria Embankment Gardens
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
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
Inside the City of Westminster built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 19 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.

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Important details

Council
Westminster
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Postcode
WC2N 5AQ
Received
14 Sept 2026
Validated
19 Oct 2026
Ward
St James's
Case officer
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Target decision
14 Dec 2026
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 9 of the 56-day target. Westminster usually decides extensions by day 55.

Day 947 days to the 56-day target
56%decided within 8 weeks
88%approved
1,688decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Westminster in the last twelve months, from validation. Westminster decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 27 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15162813
Planning Portal ref
PP-15162813
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

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2024 Approved
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2023
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23/08467/LBC
2023 Refused
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2022 Approved
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22/07030/TCH
2022 Approved
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Internal alterations under the stage (reversible) for a fixed time period.
22/03055/LBC
2021 Approved
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Use of two areas of public highway measuring 3.7m x 3.3m x 1.0m and 1.5m x 2.0m x 3.0m fo…
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2020 Approved
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Variation of condition 5 of planning permission dated 02 July 2019 (RN 19/02725/TCH) for…
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2020 Approved
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Display of internally illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.76m X 2.992m and an internally…
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2019 Approved
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2017 Approved
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Installation of public art (by Julian Opie) on the downstream (north east) side of Hunger…
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2016 Approved
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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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