52 - 55 Dorset Street London W1U 7NH
Refused on 5 June 2026
Proposal
Variation of condition 20 of planning permission dated 20th August 2025 (RN:25/04241/FULL) for the Alterations at basement and ground floor levels including the installation of a partially openable shopfront, erection of a bin store screen and installation of replacement plant to the rear and associated alterations. Dual/alternative use of part of the basement level as a restaurant (Class A3) and/or bakery (Class A1) and use of two areas of the private forecourt for the placing of nine tables and 18 chairs in association with the ground floor restaurant use; to allow the use of forecourt for al fresco dining for a further one year period, to alter the arrangements of tables and chairs in the external seating area, and to allow different furniture to be placed in this seating area. (Application under Section 73 of the Act). NAMELY, to amend the hours approved for placing tables and chairs on the forecourt to read You can only put the tables and chairs on the forecourt between 08:00 and 23:00'.
- Received
- 27 March 2026
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- Marylebone
- Agent
- Firstplan Ltd
- ReceivedReceived27 Mar
- ValidatedValidated27 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date22 May
- DecidedDecided5 Jun
Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 52 - 55 Dorset Street London W1U 7NH. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 3 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Portman Estate conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 171 applications across Marylebone. We hold 1,070 applications in total for the W1U 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
- W1U 7NH
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 22 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Firstplan Ltd
- Agent address
- Broadwall House 21 Broadwall London SE1 9PL United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Portman Estate
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
- 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.
Associated applications
- 202627 Mar
Variation of condition 20 of planning permission dated 20th August 2025 (RN:25/04241/FULL
This applicationRefusedVariation of conditions (s73)26/02047/FULL - 202520 Jun
Variation of Conditions 19, 21 and 23 of planning permission dated 30th May 2025 (RN: 25/02111/FULL
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)Part of25/04241/FULL
Planning history at this site
7 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202512 Jun
Details of all new timber work to the shopfront pursuant to Condition 4 of planning permission dated 02 June…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions25/04014/ADFULL - 202512 Jun
Detail of all new timber work to the shopfront; pursuant to condition 3 of Listed Building consent dated 2nd…
ApprovedListed building consent25/04000/ADLBC - 202513 May
Display two externally illuminated hanging signs each measuring 0.75m x 0.57m; two internally illuminated…
ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/02109/ADV - 202515 Apr
Shopfront alterations, internal fit out works, and replacement advertisements.
ApprovedListed building consent25/02110/LBC - 202515 Apr
Shopfront alterations which include alterations to the entrance arrangement. (Linked with 25/02110/LBC
ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/02108/FULL - 202515 Apr
Display of non illuminated temporary hoarding measuring 1.75m X 2.4m for a temporary period.
ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/01939/ADV - 202528 Mar
Variation of Conditions 17, 18 and 26 of planning permission dated 30 July 2018 (RN: 18/02822/FULL
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/02111/FULL
Source: Westminster
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