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52 Portland Place London W1B 1NH

25/08377/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 9 October 2026

11 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Demolition, refurbishment, restoration and alterations to 52 Portland Place as well as removal of existing external condensers at basement, ground, third and fourth floor level and provision of new, consolidated plant and screening at basement and third floor level alongside other associated works. (Linked with 25/08376/FULL)

Received
17 November 2025
Ward
West End
  1. Received17 Nov
  2. Validated17 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target12 Jan
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 326 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at 52 Portland Place London W1B 1NH. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 326 days, 40 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Harley Street conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across West End. We hold 372 applications in total for the W1B postcode area.

93% of heritage 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
W1B 1NH
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 November 2025
Target decision date
12 January 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent address
165 Fleet Street London EC4A 2DW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14436687
Comments
0
Documents
34

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Harley Street
  • Listed building: Grade II*: 34-52, Portland Place 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.

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
    17 Nov

    Demolition, refurbishment, restoration and alterations to 52 Portland Place as well as removal of existing…

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission ApplicationPart of25/08376/FULL
  2. 2025
    17 Nov

    Demolition, refurbishment, restoration and alterations to 52 Portland Place as well as removal of existing…

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent25/08377/LBC

Source: Westminster

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

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