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Porchester Centre Porchester Road London W2 5HS

26/01024/COLBCLBC Applic. Council's Own Dev.Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 12 May 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Refurbishment of Porchester Spa cold water plunge pool to secure long-term conservation, safe operation and continued public use.

Received
17 February 2026
Public comments
1
Ward
Bayswater
  1. Received17 Feb
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Apr
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 84 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at Porchester Centre Porchester Road London W2 5HS. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 84 days, 5 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Queensway conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Bayswater. We hold 3,417 applications in total for the W2 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
W2 5HS
Application type
LBC Applic. Council's Own Dev.
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2026
Consultation expiry
6 May 2026
Target decision date
14 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
AtkinsR/ealis
Agent address
Nova North 11 Bressenden Place SW1E 5BY United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
15 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
6 May 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14701070
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Queensway+1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Porchester CentreOn or next to this site
  • 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

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