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7 Howick Place London SW1P 1BB

26/02890/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationRefused
Full

Refused on 4 September 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 of planning permission dated 20th June 2014 (RN:14/01853/FULL) for the Permanent retention of applied obscure vinyl film to windows at rear third floor level. Namely to allow the lower portion of the film to be retained in perpetuity or until such time as screening as permitted by permission reference 26/02890/FULL has been constructed.

Received
1 May 2026
Ward
Vincent Square
  1. Received1 May
  2. Validated1 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target26 Jun
  5. Decided4 Sep

Decided in 126 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at 7 Howick Place London SW1P 1BB. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 126 days, 11 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Cathedral conservation area. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 92 applications across Vincent Square. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P 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
SW1P 1BB
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
1 May 2026
Target decision date
26 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Newmark
Agent address
Newmark One Fitzroy 6 Mortimer Street London W1T 3JJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14780268
Comments
0
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Westminster Cathedral
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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

  1. 2026
    1 May

    Variation of condition 2 of planning permission dated 20th June 2014 (RN:14/01853/FULL

    This applicationRefusedVariation of conditions (s73)26/02890/FULL
  2. 2014
    27 Feb

    Permanent retention of applied obscure vinyl film to windows at rear third floor level.

    ApprovedApplication for full Planning PermissionPart of14/01853/FULL

Source: Westminster

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

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