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Westminster School Playing Fields Vincent Square London SW1P 2PW

25/09258/FULLApproved

Approved on 22 May 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Refurbishment of the existing recreation area within Vincent Square playing fields, including the installation of planting, soft and hard landscaping and outdoor play and education equipment.

Submitted
22 December 2025
  1. Received22 Dec
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 151 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Westminster School Playing Fields Vincent Square London SW1P 2PW. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 151 days, 15 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Vincent Square conservation area. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SW1P 2PW

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Vincent Square
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref W28Covers the site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 1 Vincent Square London SW1P 2PNRegister site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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 and heritage coasts.

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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    24 Aug

    Please see attached report Page 13 & 14 Varoius tree spec Tree 1 -66 . All other trees not on spec to be…

    ApprovedApplication26/05766/TPO
  2. 2025
    31 Dec

    1 x London plane (T54): Reduce upper crown height by 6-8m to suitable branch unions to provide even and…

    ApprovedApplic. for wks to trees subject to TPO25/09373/TPO
  3. 2025
    8 Sep

    See attached survey

    ApprovedApplic. for wks to trees subject to TPO25/06414/TPO
  4. 2025
    28 Jan

    1 x London plane (38): One limb of 20-25mm

    ApprovedApplication24/07796/TPO
  5. 2023
    28 Apr

    T54 London Plane Branch at 6m to W - Reduce by 3m leaving branch approx. 9m in length. Pruning wounds to be…

    PendingApplic. for works to trees in CA23/02839/TCA
  6. 2022
    28 Apr

    Details of a Written Scheme of Investigation for Archaeological Watching Brief (WSI), pursuant to condition 9…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions22/02868/ADFULL

Source: Westminster

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