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5 Carlos Place London W1K 3AP

26/00538/LBCApproved

Approved on 9 April 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

To renovate the interior, including minor reconfiguration of internal spaces. To replace the glass inner lobby door on the ground floor, a new partition wall is proposed on the lower ground floor and the non-original partition walls on the 2nd, 3rd and 4th floors are to be reconfigured. The renovation also seeks to upgrade the mechanical and electrical services and introduce lighting tracks, suspended from the ceilings. Portland stone tiles are proposed for the floor finishes.

Submitted
29 January 2026
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Apr

Decided in 70 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 5 Carlos Place London W1K 3AP. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 3 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Mayfair conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 886 applications in total for the W1K postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
W1K 3AP

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Mayfair
  • Listed building: Aurora House 5 - 6 Carlos Place London W1K 3AWOn 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 (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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