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17 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0EP

24/00537/TCHApplic. for tables and chairsRefused

Refused on 15 May 2024

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Use of an area of public highway measuring 2.9m x 4.78m adjacent to private forecourt for the placing of 8 tables and 16 chairs; awning with removable side panels and menu board lectern in connection with existing ground floor use.

Received
27 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
Agent
Nicholas Williams Chartered Architect
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided15 May

Decided in 65 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 17 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0EP. Westminster has handled 27,078 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 9 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Leicester Square conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 478 applications in total for the WC2H postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
WC2H 0EP
Application type
Applic. for tables and chairs
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2024
Consultation expiry
17 April 2024
Target decision date
6 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Agent
Nicholas Williams Chartered Architect
Agent address
39 Holmdale Road London NW6 1BJ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
27 March 2024
Advertisement expiry
17 April 2024

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12733102
Comments
0
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: Leicester Square
  • 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

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