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189 Piccadilly London W1J 9ES

23/05598/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 2 October 2023

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Alterations to the shopfront, including the addition of an ATM (Linked with 23/05599/ADV)

Received
11 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
St James's
Agent
Ferguson Planning
  1. Received11 Aug
  2. Validated11 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 Oct
  5. Decided2 Oct

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 189 Piccadilly London W1J 9ES. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St James's conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 935 applications in total for the W1J postcode area.

86% of full applications at City of Westminster were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
W1J 9ES
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 August 2023
Consultation expiry
4 October 2023
Target decision date
6 October 2023
Decision issued
5 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ferguson Planning
Agent address
First Floor 38 Thistle Street Edinburgh EH2 1EN United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 September 2023
Advertisement expiry
4 October 2023
Site notice start
24 August 2023
Site notice end
14 September 2023

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal lodged

Appeal history

3333252
Dismissed
Type: Commercial Appeal Service (CAS)Procedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 14 May 2024Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: Refusal

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12365401
Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: St James's
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Westminster

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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