Westminster planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Westminster City Council, updated daily. Westminster City Council received 1,453 planning applications in the last 90 days, 33 of them major schemes. 92% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 64 days.
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Recent applications in Westminster
See all →Majors and higher-value work first, tree works, condition discharges and adverts last.
119, 125 Wardour Street, W1F 0UW
Mixed-use refurbishment and upward extension, Wardour Street, Westminster. Demolishes and replaces upper floors across two buildings, adding two storeys to Screen House and one to 127 Wardour Street, with retail and office consolidation. Structural steel, cladding, M&E and fit-out packages are…
DemolitionStructural frameSteel
The Arcade Grove End Gardens, NW8 9LL
Class MA prior approval converting commercial space to seven flats, Westminster. Permitted-development route delivering seven homes from an existing commercial building at prior approval stage. Internal fit-out, partitioning, rewiring, sound insulation and new bathrooms and kitchens dominate the…
Fit-outM&EInsulation
131, 132 New Bond Street, W1S 2TB
Office refurbishment at 131–134 New Bond Street, Westminster. Reconfigures a multi-unit office suite with new partitioning, ceiling works and toilet facilities while preserving historic fabric at full application stage. Fit-out, M&E services, partitioning and acoustic treatments drive procurement…
Fit-outM&EInsulation
Development Site At 5 And 8 Fosbury Mews
Single-storey basement under a Westminster mews development, contingent on a non-material amendment. Excavates and fits out a basement floor beneath an already-approved residential scheme. Structural underpinning, waterproofing and fit-out dominate in central London, with significant groundworks…
GroundworksStructural repairDamp proofing
23, 25 Leinster Square, W2 4NE
Multi-storey London townhouse with side and rear extensions, Westminster. Internal and external alterations plus lower ground and ground floor extensions to a Leinster Square period building at pre-application stage. Basement works, structural steel, glazing and high-specification finishes drive…
GroundworksStructural frameSteel
20 Air Street, W1B 5AN
Listed building consent for ventilation and bar fit-out, Westminster. Adds a third-floor louvre, mechanical ventilation and internal reconfigurations including partitions and bar services at LBC application stage. Mechanical services, carpentry, partitioning and bar installation are the live…
Fit-outM&EJoinery
71 Eccleston Square, SW1V 1PJ
Listed Building Consent for internal refurbishment, Westminster. Alters walls, doors and replaces stairs, kitchen and bathrooms within a protected building at full consent stage. M&E, joinery and fit-out packages dominate interior works, with Heritage Act compliance required on all materials and…
Fit-outM&EJoinery
100 Eaton Square, SW1W 9AQ
Fire safety upgrade to a central London residential building, Westminster. Installs dry riser pipework, roof vent and internal protection railings across multiple storeys at full application stage. M&E, plumbing and steelwork packages suit specialist fire-safety installers, with signage completing…
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20 Conduit Place, W2 1HS
Roof terrace creation on a third-floor Westminster office, with new wall opening and composite decking. Adds external amenity space to an existing office at full application stage. Structural opening, metal railings, composite decking and access door fit-out are the live packages for specialist…
M&EGlazingHard landscaping
116 Clarence Gate Gardens Glentworth Street, NW1 6AL
Cladding and rear balcony retention, Westminster. Proposes external cladding panels and retains an enclosed balcony on a residential building at full application stage. Facade specialist and glazing packages dominate, with balcony structural engineering required on a premium London location.
Façade repairCladdingStructural repair
128 Park Lane, W1K 7AE
Mansard roof conversion with terrace and plantroom access, Westminster. Replaces the existing roof with a mansard structure to create an accessible roof terrace and improved plantroom entrance at full application stage. Roofing, structural steel, joinery and terracing packages are substantial, with…
RoofingStructural frameSteel
30 Grosvenor Square, W1K 6AN
Temporary ice rink installation, Grosvenor Square, Westminster. Eight-by-eighteen-metre skating rink at front of property for seasonal use, subject to full application. Refrigeration plant, structural supports and electrical infrastructure dominate the temporary fit-out and installation cost.
M&EStructural frameGroundworks
2 Dorset Street, W1U 4EE
HVAC replacement with acoustic enclosure, Westminster. Replaces four external condensers and four internal air-conditioning units plus acoustic screening at full application stage. M&E mechanical services and specialist acoustic installation drive the scope, linked to listed building consent."
M&E
109 Flat 1 Eaton Square, SW1W 9AA
AC plant installation in a Westminster flat's under-pavement vault. External condenser units and plant within lower ground floor vaults at full application stage. M&E, structural opening works and vault waterproofing are the key trades for specialist installers in this Grade I listed building…
M&EStructural repairDamp proofing
105 Eaton Square, SW1W 9AA
Listed building consent for structural alteration and rear elevation changes, Westminster. Removes a brick pier between garage openings and adds fanlights to the rear of a Georgian townhouse at consent stage. Masonry and joinery work on a sensitive façade in a premium London location drives…
Façade repairJoinery
Planning appeals in Westminster City Council
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Westminster City Council is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Westminster City Council, raw rate
32.3%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
28.9%
national rates applied to this caseload
3.4 percentage points above expected. Westminster City Council's decisions are overturned more often than the national record predicts.
2,019 appeals counted, 1,912 judged either way (617 allowed, 1,295 dismissed), 107 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 29.1% | 28.8% | 1,008 | 983 | 286 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 46.1% | 33.3% | 340 | 330 | 152 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 29.3% | 25% | 240 | 208 | 61 |
| Householder (HAS) | 41% | 35.6% | 169 | 166 | 68 |
| Enforcement Notice | 14.3% | 13.5% | 142 | 119 | 17 |
| Advertisement Appeal | 44% | 36% | 53 | 50 | 22 |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | 5.3% | 8.1% | 25 | 19 | 1 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 20.8% | 36.9% | 24 | 24 | 5 |
| Advert Discontinuance | 40% | 19.1% | 5 | 5 | 2 |
| Tree Preservation Order | 20% | 20.6% | 5 | 5 | 1 |
4 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Environmental | None judged | Not published | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Called In Planning Application | Too few judged | 72.4% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts) | Too few judged | 27.6% | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Commercial Appeals Service (Planning) | None judged | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Westminster City Council approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- other95% (129 decided)
- householder92% (105 decided)
- commercial93% (43 decided)
- institutional92% (24 decided)
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