8 Cavendish Avenue London NW8 9JE

26/01095/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 18 August 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Excavation and construction of a new basement; use of the garage for additional internal accommodation; landscaping of front and rear gardens; internal alterations to the property; Replacement of existing air conditioning condensers with new units; replacement of windows throughout (part-retrospective) and removal of rear garden house. [Linked to 26/01096/LBC]

Received: 20 February 2026
Public comments: 2
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: Abbey Road
Agent: intu Design Architects Ltd

ReceivedReceived20 Feb
ValidatedValidated20 Feb
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date17 Apr
DecidedDecided18 Aug

Decided in 179 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a garage at 8 Cavendish Avenue London NW8 9JE. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 179 days, 19 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the St John's Wood conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There have been 20 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 111 applications across Abbey Road. We hold 2,759 applications in total for the NW8 postcode area.

86% of full 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: NW8 9JE
Application type: Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 20 February 2026
Target decision date: 17 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: intu Design Architects Ltd
Architect profile: INTU DESIGN ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address: Riverbank House 1 Putney Bridge Approach Fulham SW63JD United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14712875
Documents: 34

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: St John's Wood
Listed building: Grade II: 4-8, Cavendish Avenue Nw8On or next to this site · +1 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Tree Preservation Order: Ref STM18Part of the site · +4 more
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

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.

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Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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