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The Langham 1C Portland Place London W1B 1JA

25/09150/LBCRefused

Refused on 24 March 2026

Council decision: Application Refused

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of 12 x window canopies with signwriting and direct replacement of existing sign writing on entrance canopy at ground floor level (linked with 25/09160/ADV)

Received
18 December 2025
  1. Received18 Dec
  2. Validated18 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Mar

Decided in 96 days

About this application

This is a planning application for window replacement at The Langham 1C Portland Place London W1B 1JA. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 96 days, 7 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Harley Street conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 372 applications in total for the W1B postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
W1B 1JA

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 December 2025

Appeal history

6007839
Split Decision
Type: Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent AppealProcedure: Written RepresentationsDecision: 7 July 2026Dev Type: Other minor developmentsReason: refused

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Harley StreetPart of the site · +1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: 14 and 15, Langham Place W1On this site · +5 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.

Source: Westminster

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

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