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House 1, House 2 And House 3 42 - 48 Bell Street London NW1 5AW

26/03089/FULLFullAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Erection of two additional floors and installation of a lift and new stairs to central courtyard at first floor level and conversion of the three five-storey houses to form nine new flats together with alterations to stairs and installation of bin and cycle stores within the central courtyard of the site.

Received
11 May 2026
  1. Received11 May
  2. Validated25 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application at House 1, House 2 And House 3 42 - 48 Bell Street London NW1 5AW. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 25 June 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 33 applications across Church Street. We hold 3,180 applications in total for the NW1 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
NW1 5AW
Application type
Full
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Architect profile
RHA ARCHITECTS LIMITED

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

Source: Westminster

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

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