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6 - 8 Irving Street London WC2H 7AT

25/07639/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 20 February 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Variation of condition 5 of planning permission dated 2nd November 2023 (RN:23/06264/TCH) for the Use of an area of the public highway measuring 11.32 x 2.84 for the placing of 26 tables, 48 chairs, one free standing menu board, planters and canvas barrier in connection with the existing ground floor restaurant premises at 6-8 Irving Street. Namely, to allow the use of the public highway for a further 2 year period.

Received
21 October 2025
Ward
St James's
Agent
Keystone Law Limited
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated24 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 Dec
  5. Decided20 Feb

Decided in 119 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 6 - 8 Irving Street London WC2H 7AT. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 122 days, 10 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Leicester Square conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 7AT
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 October 2025
Target decision date
19 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
Keystone Law Limited
Agent address
48-49 Chancery Lane LONDON WC2A 1JF

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14429066
Comments
0
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Westminster

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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