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5 - 6 Picton Place London W1U 1BL

25/06202/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 27 October 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacement shopfront, installation of access gantry at roof level, new timber framed glazed entrance doors, replacement plant at first floor roof, infilling of the basement escape stair and associated works.

Received
1 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
West End
Agent
Montagu Evans LLP
  1. Received1 Sep
  2. Validated1 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Oct
  5. Decided27 Oct

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 5 - 6 Picton Place London W1U 1BL. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Stratford Place conservation area, with 3 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 1,070 applications in total for the W1U 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
W1U 1BL
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 September 2025
Consultation expiry
8 October 2025
Target decision date
27 October 2025
Decision issued
28 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Montagu Evans LLP
Agent address
70 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
17 September 2025
Advertisement expiry
8 October 2025
Site notice start
10 September 2025
Site notice end
1 October 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14246079
Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Stratford Place
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 15-18 Picton Place And 27-29A James Street Marylebone LondonRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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

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Source: Westminster

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