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48 Chapel Street London NW1 5DH

26/01942/CLEUDCertificate of Lawfulness (existing)Permitted
Lawful development certificate

Proposal

To confirm the lawful implementation of planning permission dated 7 October 2022 under application referenced 20/06148/FULL for "Demolition of the existing building and erection of a part 3 storey and part 7 storey (plus basement) hotel, public house and retail premise; including excavation of basement, bin and bike storage, rooftop plant, new tree and relocation of two phone boxes (linked to 20/06108/LBC)."

Received
25 March 2026
Decided
20 May 2026
Ward
Hyde Park
Site boundary (council red line)
  1. Received25 Mar
  2. Validated25 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target20 May
  5. Decided20 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

7 weeks typical decision time in Westminster87% of amendment applications approved

This is an application to amend a permission at 48 Chapel Street London NW1 5DH. Westminster has handled 604 applications of this type and approves 82% of them, typically deciding them in 41 days. This one was decided in 56 days, 2 weeks longer than Westminster's median. The site is in 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 54 applications across Hyde Park. We hold 3,114 applications in total for the NW1 postcode area.

Application Details

Reference
26/01942/CLEUD
Address
48 Chapel Street London NW1 5DH
Postcode
NW1 5DH
Local Authority
Westminster
Application Type
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted
Current Status
Pending
Ward
Hyde Park

Applicant & Agent

Agent
Savills
Architect ProfileSAVILLS PLC
Agent Address
33 Margaret Street London W1G 0JD United Kingdom

Planning Application Dates

Date Received
25 March 2026
Target Decision Date
20 May 2026
Date Decided
20 May 2026
Date Validated
25 March 2026
Date Submitted
25 March 2026

Planning Decision

Statutory Period
56 days

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14785051
Comments
0
Documents
14
Coordinates
51.519688, -0.166733
Enriching application data
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Source: Westminster

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Planning constraints

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, conservation areas, 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.

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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 2026-10-09. 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.

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