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39 - 40 Bedford Street London WC2E 9ER

25/04885/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 October 2025

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from residential (Use Class C3) to restaurant (Use Class E) on part second, third and fourth floors and provision of external lift overrun, CCTV camera and other associated works, in connection with use of the entire building as a restaurant. (Land use swap proposed with developments at Nos. 28-31 James Street RN: 25/04914/FULL and 14a Goodwin's Court RN: 22/01566/FULL)

Received
16 July 2025
Public comments
5
Ward
St James's
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated21 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target15 Sep
  5. Decided15 Oct

Decided in 86 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 39 - 40 Bedford Street London WC2E 9ER. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 6 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Covent Garden 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 396 applications in total for the WC2E 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
WC2E 9ER
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 July 2025
Consultation expiry
20 August 2025
Target decision date
15 September 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Newmark
Agent address
One Fitzroy 6 Mortimer Street London SW1T 3JJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
30 July 2025
Advertisement expiry
20 August 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14113332
Documents
46

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    16 Jul

    Change of use from residential (Use Class C3) to restaurant (Use Class E) on part second, third and fourth…

    This applicationApprovedFull25/04885/FULL
  2. 2025
    16 Jul

    Replacement of existing single glazed fenestration with double glazed fenestration to match existing Existing…

    ApprovedFull planning permissionPart of25/04914/FULL

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