5 Harcourt Street London W1H 4HA

25/06995/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationRefused

Full

Refused on 21 November 2025

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Restoration of the front lightwell including new railings; metal stair to basement; gates; doors; tiling and partition walls (Linked with 25/06996/LBC)

Received: 29 September 2025
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: Marylebone
Agent: Crawford Architects

ReceivedReceived29 Sep
ValidatedValidated29 Sep
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date24 Nov
DecidedDecided21 Nov

Decided in 53 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 5 Harcourt Street London W1H 4HA. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Portman Estate conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 168 applications across Marylebone. We hold 896 applications in total for the W1H 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: W1H 4HA
Application type: Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 September 2025
Target decision date: 24 November 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent: Crawford Architects
Architect profile: CRAWFORD ARCHITECTS LTD
Agent address: 35A Lyndhurst Way London SE15 5AG United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14369193
Comments: 0
Documents: 10

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Portman Estate
Listed building: Grade II: 2-5, Harcourt Street W1On or next to this site · +1 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
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.

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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.

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.

Associated applications

2025
29 Sep
Restoration of the front lightwell including new railings; metal stair to basement; gates; doors; tiling and…
This applicationRefusedFull25/06995/FULL
2025
29 Sep
Restoration of the front lightwell including new railings; metal stair to basement; gates; doors; tiling and…
RefusedListed building consentPart of25/06996/LBC

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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