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36 Gerrard Street London W1D 5QA

26/01655/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 13 August 2026

10 conditions

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Flexible / alternative use of the basement for either retail (Class E), social club (Class F2 (b), restaurant (Class E) or therapy rooms (Class E) purposes.

Received
13 March 2026
Ward
St James's
Agent
Rolfe Judd Planning
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated13 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 May
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 153 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 36 Gerrard Street London W1D 5QA. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 153 days, 15 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Chinatown conservation area, with 20 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 436 applications in total for the W1D 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
W1D 5QA
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 March 2026
Consultation expiry
22 April 2026
Target decision date
8 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rolfe Judd Planning
Architect profile
ROLFE JUDD PLANNING LIMITED
Agent address
Old Church Court Claylands Road Oval London SW8 1NZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
1 April 2026
Advertisement expiry
22 April 2026
Site notice start
20 March 2026
Site notice end
10 April 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14770345
Comments
0
Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chinatown
  • Listed building: Grade II: 36, Gerrard Street W1On this site · +2 more
  • 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.

Source: Westminster

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

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