Woolworth House 242 - 246 Marylebone Road London NW1 6JQ

25/08130/FULLWithdrawn

Withdrawn on 29 April 2026

Council decision: Application Withdrawn

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of fixed planters to front facade of the existing Metropolis Building along Harewood Avenue.

Received: 7 November 2025
Council: City of Westminster

ReceivedReceived7 Nov
ValidatedValidated5 Mar
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided29 Apr

Decided in 55 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Woolworth House 242 - 246 Marylebone Road London NW1 6JQ. Westminster has handled 27,078 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 55 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Dorset Square conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 11 other applications at this address. We hold 3,176 applications in total for the NW1 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: NW1 6JQ

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 March 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Dorset SquarePart of the site
Listed building: Grade II: St Marylebone Grammar SchoolOn or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
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.

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.

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.

Planning history at this site

12 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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

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