48 Leicester Square London WC2H 7LU
Approved on 12 September 2025
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Variation of condition 5 of planning permission dated 08 September 2023 (RN: 23/05217/FULL) for Use of the public highway for placing of 33 tables and 128 chairs, fabric barriers, planters and a serving station in an area measuring 7.5m x 23.83m in connection with existing ground floor. Namely, to allow the continued use of the area for a further two year period.
- Received
- 4 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- ReceivedReceived4 Aug
- ValidatedValidated4 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date29 Sep
- DecidedDecided12 Sep
Decided in 39 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 48 Leicester Square London WC2H 7LU. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 10 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Leicester Square conservation area, with 6 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 478 applications in total for the WC2H 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
- WC2H 7LU
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 August 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 10 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 29 September 2025
- Permission expires
- 30 September 2027
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Poppleston Allen Solicitors
- Agent address
- 37 Stoney Street The Lace Market Nottingham NG1 1LS
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 20 August 2025
- Advertisement expiry
- 10 September 2025
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14229435
- Documents
- 13
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Westminster
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