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63, 65, Portland Place, W1B 1QR

25/02758/FULLFull planning permissionApproved
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Approved on 16 June 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Use the ground and first floor of 43 Devonshire Close for residential purposes and use of the basement (including the basement of 43 Devonshire Close) to fourth floor level of 63-65 Portland Place for educational purposes for a temporary period of 25 years. [Site includes 43 Devonshire Close]

Submitted
22 April 2025
  1. Received22 Apr
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Jun

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at 63, 65, Portland Place, W1B 1QR. Westminster has handled 804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Harley Street conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 201 applications across MBW_22. We hold 372 applications in total for the W1B postcode area.

84% of full planning permission 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
W1B 1QR
Application type
Full planning permission

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Harley Street
  • Listed building: Grade II: 100 and 102, Harley Street W1On this site · +15 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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

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© 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.

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