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25/06156/FULL - Full Planning Permission Application
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Alterations to office entrance including installation of projecting canopy. Data via plota.co.uk
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Received
29 Aug 2025
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Validated
9 Sept 2025
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Approved
23 Oct 2025
Approved on 23 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 18 Oct 2026
Documents 21
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 6
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SITE PLAN
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EXISTING ELEVATION
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PROPOSED PLAN
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PROPOSED ELEVATION
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EXISTING AND PROPOSED DETAIL
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EXISTING PLAN
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Application forms 2
Consultation & comments 1
Other documents 8
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ACK-GENERAL LETTER (G/P/C)
Background Papers · 19 Sept 2025
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ECNSLT-INTERNAL CONSULTS
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CNSLT-LA SOCIETY
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CNSLT-LA SOCIETY
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SITE NOTICE 21 OR 28 DAYS IF T&C APPL.
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RECEIPT OF APPLICATION
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1ST INVALID LETTER
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ATTACHMENTSUMMARY
Background Papers · 29 Aug 2025
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Site constraints 10
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
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.
National infrastructure project 375 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 375 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, 187 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.
57 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: 3-7, Neal Street Wc2, Grade II, 7 m away · 1 Grade I, 3 Grade II*, 53 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 57 with distances
- 7 m3-7, Neal Street Wc2Grade II
- 23 mCovent Garden Underground StationGrade II
- 28 m48-52, Long Acre Wc2Grade II
- 41 m6, Langley Street Wc2Grade II
- 44 m7 and 8, Langley Street Wc2Grade II
- 48 mNag's Head Public HouseGrade II
- 52 m17 and 19, Neal Street Wc2Grade II
- 59 m116, Long Acre Wc2Grade II
- 63 m34, SHELTON STREET WC2 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 71 mRoyal Opera HouseGrade I
- 74 m24 and 26, Shelton Street Wc2Grade II
- 74 mLamp post outside 11-14 Hanover PlaceGrade II
- 75 m46 and 47, Floral Street Wc2Grade II
- 79 m30 and 31, Long Acre Wc2Grade II
- 86 mSeven Dials WarehouseGrade II
- 89 m60 and 61, Long AcreGrade II
- 91 m28, James Street Wc2Grade II
- 95 m6 and 8, Mercer Street Wc2Grade II
- 95 m12, Floral Street Wc2Grade II
- 102 mThe Crafts CentreGrade II
- 103 m7 and 8, Bow Street Wc2Grade II
- 105 m52, Floral Street Wc2Grade II
- 108 mLamp post outside 8 Mercer StreetGrade II
- 113 m3 and 5, Mercer Street Wc2Grade II
- 115 mThe Piazza, Bedford ChambersGrade II
- 116 m43, King Street Wc2Grade II*
- 117 m27, Neal StreetGrade II
- 118 m41 and 42, King Street Wc2Grade II
- 119 m19 AND 20, BOW STREET WC2 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 123 m29, Neal StreetGrade II
- 123 mYard Premises to Rear of Numbers 22 and 23Grade II
- 123 m2 Bollards Either Side of Junction With Floral StreetGrade II
- 124 m37, King Street Wc2Grade II*
- 127 mCambridge TheatreGrade II
- 127 m51 and 53, Shelton StreetGrade II
- 127 m40, King Street Wc2Grade II
- 128 m31, Neal StreetGrade II
- 128 mFloral Hall (Paul Hamlyn Hall)Grade II
- 131 mCross Keys Public HouseGrade II
- 131 m36, 38 and 40, Earlham StreetGrade II
- 131 m38, King Street Wc2Grade II
- 133 m33, Neal StreetGrade II
- 134 mTwo K6 telephone kiosks at the south end of James Street on the edge of Covent GardenGrade II
- 135 m33, Betterton StreetGrade II
- 135 mThe Sun Tavern Public HouseGrade II
- 138 m35, Neal StreetGrade II
- 140 m36, King Street Wc2Grade II
- 141 m11-19, Broad Court Wc2Grade II
- 141 mFormer Bow Street Magistrates Court and Police StationGrade II
- 143 mSouthernmost K2 Telephone Kiosk in Group to North of Bow Street Magistrates CourtGrade II
- 144 m37, Neal StreetGrade II
- 145 mK2 Telephone Kiosk Adjacent to Southernmost in Group to North of Bow Street Magistrates CourtGrade II
- 146 m19 Mercer Street and 21 Shelton StreetGrade II
- 147 mCentral K2 Telephone Kiosk in Group to North of Bow Street Magistrates CourtGrade II
- 149 mK2 Telephone Kiosk Adjacent to Northernmost Kiosk in Group to North of Bow Street Magistrates CourtGrade II
- 149 mNumber 22 and Attached RailingsGrade II
- 150 mCovent Garden Market BuildingGrade II*
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.
Conservation area 8 m away: Covent Garden
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
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.
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 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
- WC2H 9PU
- Received
- 29 Aug 2025
- Validated
- 9 Sept 2025
- Ward
- St James's
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 4 Nov 2025
- Decision
- Application Permitted
- Decision date
- 23 Oct 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Hale Brown Architects
How this decision compares
Decided in 44 days from validation, 32 days faster than Westminster's median of 76 for full applications. Approved, as 86% of full applications here are.
This one44d
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
No public comments yet.
14 neighbours consulted · Last counted 18 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14287298
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14287298
- Comments by
- 22 Oct 2025
- Site or press notice
- 1 Oct 2025
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
26 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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Alterations to shopfront, including installation of additional door.
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99 - 103 Long Acre London WC2E 9NR
Display of two internally illuminated fascia signs each measuring 2.00m x 0.32m.
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Installation of a metalwork gate to the recessed entrance. (Linked with 25/02630/FULL)
2025
7A Langley Street London WC2H 9JA
Installation of a metalwork gate to the recessed entrance. (Linked with 25/02631/LBC)
2024
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24 Neal Street London WC2H 9QW
Display of 1 x non-illuminated fascia lettering sign and 1 x non-illuminated projecting s…
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24 Neal Street London WC2H 9QW
Replacement of shopfront including alterations to glazing pattern.
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31 Neal Street London WC2H 9PR
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31 Neal Street London WC2H 9PR
Re-painting exterior of timber shopfront (Pale Sienna) and installation of replacement si…
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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.
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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
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