153 - 157 Cleveland Street London W1T 6QW
Approved on 2 April 2026
Proposal
Notification for Prior Approval for the change of use from a use Class E (office) to Class C3 (residential) to form 14 units under the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) Schedule 2, Part 3, Class MA.
- Received
- 12 February 2026
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- West End
- Agent
- Savills (UK) Limited
- ReceivedReceived12 Feb
- ValidatedValidated12 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date8 Apr
- DecidedDecided2 Apr
Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an outline application for a change of use at 153 - 157 Cleveland Street London W1T 6QW. Westminster has handled 218 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in 12 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 484 applications across West End. We hold 323 applications in total for the W1T postcode area.
82% of outline 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
- W1T 6QW
- Application type
- Prior Approval Class E to Dwellings (MA)
- Scale / size
- Medium
- Number of dwellings
- 14
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 February 2026
- Consultation expiry
- 12 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 8 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Savills (UK) Limited
- Agent address
- 33 Margaret Street London W1G 0JD United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 55 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 19 February 2026
- Site notice end
- 12 March 2026
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202612 Jan
Installation of a refuse store on Greenwell Street
WithdrawnApplication26/00138/FULL - 202524 Jul
Retrospective application for the installation of a refuse store
WithdrawnFull planning permission25/05106/FULL - 202523 Jul
Alterations to elevations to install new windows and cladding
ApprovedFull planning permission25/04848/FULL - 20259 Jul
Application for ‘Prior Approval of a proposed change of use from ‘offices’ (Class E) to ‘residential’ (Class…
ApprovedApplication25/04712/P3JPA - 202523 Jan
Notification for Prior Approval for the change of use from offices (Class E) to residential (Class C3) (13…
ApprovedApplication25/00447/P3JPA - 202515 Jan
Excavation and works to create a new lightwell enclosed by railings and the installation of new windows and…
ApprovedFull planning permission24/08909/FULL
Source: Westminster
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Consultants on this application
- Savills (UK) Ltd · Agent for this application
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