Development Site At 47-50 Poland Street And 54-57 Great Marlborough Street London
Proposal
Variation of Conditions 1, 13 and 38 of planning permission dated 12 September 2023 (RN: 22/04419/FULL) for, 'Demolition of 54, 55-57 Great Marlborough Street and 47, 48 (behind a part reconstructed facade) and part demolition of 49-50 Poland Street to provide a building comprising ground plus seven storeys with louvred plant room and two basement levels onto Great Marlborough Street (with rear projecting wing at ground and six upper floors with roof level louvred plant room) and a ground plus part five/part six storey building with two basement levels onto Poland Street, all for use as a hotel (Class C1), retail (Class A1), and a restaurant and bar (Class A3/A4). Creation of central glazed covered courtyard and publicly accessible route through the site, a landscaped terrace onto Poland Street, cycle parking, waste storage, plant rooms at fifth, sixth, seventh floors and roof level, services and associated works; namely, to enable design amendments including alterations to the detailed design of the new facades; reconfiguration of the entrances and routes through the ground floor level of the building; the introduction of a mezzanine level at basement level 02 and internal alterations to introduce additional firefighting cores#; NAMELY, to amend the energy strategy with new plant and Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP) , add a fire fighting core, amend the elevation on Great Marlborough Street, relocate substation from the basement to ground floor level, amend the servicing strategy, amend the internal layout to reduce the number of hotel bedrooms and reduction in restaurant and bar space. (Application under Section 73 of the Act).
- Received
- 4 March 2026
- Decided
- 9 September 2026 · Application Permitted
- Council
- City of Westminster
- ReceivedSubmitted4 Mar
- ValidatedValidated4 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided9 Sep
Decided in 189 days
This is a planning application for demolition at Development Site At 47-50 Poland Street And 54-57 Great Marlborough Street London. Westminster has handled 26,489 applications of this type and approves 88% of them, typically deciding them in 54 days. This one was decided in 189 days, 19 weeks longer than Westminster's median. The site is in the Soho conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20267 May
Details of typical bays, windows, roof storeys and roof level plant pursuant to condition 30 (1, 2, 5 and 6)…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/03003/ADFULL - 20267 May
Details of sample panels of cladding for the Great Marlborough Street façade, Rebuilt Georgian façade at 48…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/03004/ADFULL - 20267 May
Detailed samples of the facing materials you will use, including glazing and the cast glass, and elevations…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/03002/ADFULL
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Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Soho
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
- Brownfield land register: Fenton House , 55-57 Great Marlborough Street , London, W1F 7JXRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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