Porchester Centre Porchester Road London W2 5HS
Approved on 12 May 2026
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
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- Bayswater
- ReceivedReceived17 Feb
- ValidatedValidated17 Feb
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date14 Apr
- DecidedDecided12 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
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Queensway+1 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.
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202617 Feb
Refurbishment of Porchester Spa cold water plunge pool to secure long-term conservation, safe operation and…
PendingListed building consent26/01024/LBC - 20256 Jan
Details of a supplementary acoustic report pursuant to condition 5 of planning permission dated 24th June…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/00034/ADFULL - 202411 Jul
Replacement of tiles at internal staircase.
ApprovedLBC Applic. Council's Own Dev.24/04684/COLBC
Source: Westminster
Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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