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12 Golden Square London W1F 9JE

26/01631/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 11 May 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of external air conditioning units and screen to the roof.

Received
12 March 2026
Ward
West End
Agent
Gerald Eve LLP
  1. Received12 Mar
  2. Validated12 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 May
  5. Decided11 May

Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 12 Golden Square London W1F 9JE. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 11 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Soho conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 484 applications across West End. We hold 413 applications in total for the W1F 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
W1F 9JE
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 March 2026
Target decision date
7 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gerald Eve LLP
Agent address
72 Welbeck Street 6 Mortimer Street London W1G 0AY

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14775276
Comments
0
Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Soho
  • Listed building: Grade II*: 11, Golden Square W1On or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • 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

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    7 Sep

    Replacement of a louvre to a window at fifth floor level.

    ApprovedApplication26/05960/FULL

Source: Westminster

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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