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25 - 31 Wellington Street London WC2E 7DD

25/08174/FULLApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 28 July 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission dated 22 June 2023 (22/08028/FULL) for: partial demolition, alterations, extensions and refurbishment of existing buildings to provide a part 4-8 storey block plus one basement level for use as Hotel (Class C1) with ancillary facilities and roof terrace; continued pub/bar (Sui Generis) and residential (Class C3) at 23 Wellington Street; provision of plant, servicing, cycle parking and other associated works namely, the creation of eight additional hotel guest bedrooms, internal layout changes to the hotel and alterations to doors to the corner entrance on Wellington Street/Tavistock Street.

Received
10 November 2025
  1. Received10 Nov
  2. Validated10 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Jul

Decided in 260 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 25 - 31 Wellington Street London WC2E 7DD. Westminster has handled 27,078 applications of this type. This one was decided in 260 days, 30 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Covent Garden conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 11 other applications at this address. We hold 396 applications in total for the WC2E postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
WC2E 7DD

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 November 2025

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Covent Garden
  • Listed building: Grade II: 15 Exeter StreetOn this site · +6 more
  • 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.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2025
    10 Nov

    Variation of Condition 1 of planning permission dated 22 June 2023 (22/08028/FULL

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/08174/FULL
  2. 2025
    7 Nov

    Replacement of internal door at lower ground floor level in 15 Exeter Street.

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside25/08141/LBC

Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    29 Jun

    Details of chimney stacks and specification of structural repairs pursuant to condition 6 of listed building…

    ApprovedListed building consent26/04461/ADLBC
  2. 2026
    20 Apr

    Details of chimney stacks and specification of structural repairs pursuant to condition 6 of listed building…

    RefusedListed building consent26/02609/ADLBC
  3. 2026
    20 Feb

    Details of external doors, secondary glazing, insulated and/or fire rated wall linings relating to 22…

    ApprovedListed building consent26/01090/ADLBC
  4. 2026
    20 Jan

    Detailed drawings of new internal doors to 23 Wellington St and new internal doors and manufacturer's…

    ApprovedListed building consent25/07582/ADLBC
  5. 2025
    23 Dec

    Detailed drawings of the new roof enclosure, rooflights, ventilation grilles, secondary glazing, insulated…

    ApprovedListed building consent25/08884/ADLBC
  6. 2025
    8 Dec

    Detailed drawings of external doors, secondary glazing and details of wall linings pursuant to Condition 3…

    RefusedListed building consent25/08919/ADLBC

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