John Lewis 278 - 306 Oxford Street London W1C 1DX

26/02166/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved

Full

Approved on 6 July 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Installation of two roof penetrations to facilitate the installation of two exhaust ducts associated with a coffee roaster.

Received: 31 March 2026
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: West End

ReceivedReceived31 Mar
ValidatedValidated7 May
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date2 Jul
DecidedDecided6 Jul

Decided in 60 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at John Lewis 278 - 306 Oxford Street London W1C 1DX. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 7 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Harley Street conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 484 applications across West End. We hold 204 applications in total for the W1C 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: W1C 1DX
Application type: Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 7 May 2026
Target decision date: 2 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent: Montagu Evans
Agent address: Montagu Evans LLP 70 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BE United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-14698175
Comments: 0
Documents: 15

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Harley Street
Listed building: Grade II*: Winged Figure, including plinth and applied letteringOn or next to this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
Brownfield land register: Harcourt House 19A Cavendish Square London W1G 0PLRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 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 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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.

Planning history at this site

15 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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

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