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27 - 31 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0AU

26/01784/FULLApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 19 June 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Variation of condition 1 of planning permission dated 24 July 2024 (RN: 24/01407/FULL) (as amended by 26/01805/NMA) for 'Erection of a side extension (10 storeys) for the creation of additional hotel guest rooms'. Namely, to convert the tenth floor ancillary hotel bar/restaurant into additional guest rooms, and substitute the drawing reference for the proposed tenth floor plan.

Received
19 March 2026
  1. Received19 Mar
  2. Validated2 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Jun

Decided in 78 days

About this application

This is a planning application for a side extension at 27 - 31 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0AU. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 4 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Leicester Square conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 478 applications in total for the WC2H postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
WC2H 0AU

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 April 2026

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    2 Apr

    Variation of condition 1 of planning permission dated 24 July 2024 (RN: 24/01407/FULL

    This applicationApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)26/01784/FULL
  2. 2026
    19 Mar

    Amendments to planning permission dated 24th July 2024 (24/01407/FULL

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentPart of26/01805/NMA

Source: Westminster

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

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