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388-396 Oxford Street London W1C 1JU

23/08836/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 26 March 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Erection of emergency smoke extract roof plant and enclosures at first and second floor levels with associated screening, including installation of low level air vents to a rear lightwell at basement level and other associated works.

Received
21 December 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
West End
Agent
Bell Cornwell LLP
  1. Received21 Dec
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided26 Mar

Decided in 63 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 388-396 Oxford Street London W1C 1JU. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 7 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 484 applications across West End. We hold 204 applications in total for the W1C 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
W1C 1JU
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2024
Consultation expiry
28 February 2024
Target decision date
19 March 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Bell Cornwell LLP
Agent address
Unit 501 The Print Rooms 164-180 Union St, London SE1 0LH London SE1 0LH United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
7 February 2024
Advertisement expiry
28 February 2024
Site notice start
31 January 2024
Site notice end
21 February 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12318086
Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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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