Basement And Ground Floor Astoria House 62 Shaftesbury Avenue London W1D 6LT
Approved on 22 May 2026
Proposal
Replacement of transom light to match existing, with new awning incorporated into window design, and replacement of lower section of glazing with new doors and sidelights.
- Received
- 31 March 2026
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- Agent
- Metrical Design
- ReceivedReceived31 Mar
- ValidatedValidated31 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date26 May
- DecidedDecided22 May
Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for window replacement at Basement And Ground Floor Astoria House 62 Shaftesbury Avenue London W1D 6LT. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 52 days, 3 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Chinatown conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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 6LT
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 31 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 26 May 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Metrical Design
- Agent address
- 1 Scena Way London SE5 0BD United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Chinatown
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202518 Dec
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Source: Westminster
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