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10 - 12 Bear Street London WC2H 7AX

26/01295/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 June 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Variation of Condition 5 of planning permission dated 3 May 2024 (RN: 24/01272/FULL) for 'Variation of Condition 4 of planning permission dated 4 May 2022 (RN: 22/01371/FULL) for the use of two areas of the public highway measuring 5.5m x 3.0m and 5.5m x 3.0m for the placing of 5 tables and 20 chairs and 2 A Boards and 1 menu lectern in connection with the existing public house'. NAMELY, the continued use of the public highway for the placing of tables and chairs for a further two year period.

Received
2 March 2026
Ward
St James's
  1. Received2 Mar
  2. Validated10 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided11 Jun

Decided in 93 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 10 - 12 Bear Street London WC2H 7AX. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 101 days, 7 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Leicester Square conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 478 applications in total for the WC2H 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
WC2H 7AX
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 March 2026
Target decision date
5 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Poppleston Allen Solicitors
Agent address
37 Stoney Street The Lace Market Nottingham NG1 1LS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14746577
Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Leicester Square
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 1-4 Bear Street And 47-48 Cranbourn Street London WC2H 7ARRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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