Development Site At 5 - 9 Great Newport Street London WC2H 7JA
Approved on 11 August 2026
Proposal
Amendments to planning permission dated 13th March 2026 (RN:24/02467/FULL) for Redevelopment of buildings at 5 - 9 Great Newport Street comprising demolition behind retained facades excluding the listed building, excavation of small area of basement, rear development up to ground plus six storeys and associated alterations, including the installation of new screened plant, all in conjunction with the mixed-use of the buildings as a pod hostel, theatre, and offices. Namely, the revision of the shape and extent of the sprinkler tank and pump room at lower basement level to accommodate a smaller sized tank, reconfiguration of the internal layout at basement and ground floor levels, including a new staircase access to lower basement level, relocation of the waste and cycle store locations, and two lifts changed to terminate at ground level, the design of back-of-house entrance door amended to increase the width of the door, omission of frosted secondary glazing at first through fourth floors, and associated removal of part (v) of condition 26, height of the chimney and party wall at Nos. 9 and 10 Great Newport Street increased to improve the appearance of the fa�ade and roofscape and design of the secondary door at No. 5 Great Newport Street changed to feature new timber panelled double doors opening in the existing outward swing direction.
- Submitted
- 19 June 2026
- Council
- City of Westminster
- ReceivedSubmitted19 Jun
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided11 Aug
Decided in 53 days
About this application
This is a planning application for demolition at Development Site At 5 - 9 Great Newport Street London WC2H 7JA. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 4 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Covent Garden conservation area, with 18 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 478 applications in total for the WC2H postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- WC2H 7JA
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Covent Garden
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
- Brownfield land register: 12 Great Newport Street London WC2H 7JARegister 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.
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© 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.
Planning history at this site
6 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202614 May
Display of non-illuminated 1:1 image of building on scaffold shroud with inset advertising area measuring…
RefusedAdvertisement consent26/03194/ADV - 20268 May
Details of Cooling Hierarchy and updated Energy Statement pursuant to conditions 36, 38, 40, and 41 of…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/03041/ADFULL - 20261 May
Details of circular economy statement pursuant to condition 17 of planning permission dated 27 February 2026…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/02915/ADFULL - 202623 Mar
Details of Whole Life Carbon Assessment pursuant to Condition 16 (a) of planning permission dated 13/03/2026…
PendingDischarge of conditions26/01884/ADFULL - 202619 Mar
Detailed written scheme which has been submitted by the applicant and approved by the local planning…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions26/01799/ADFULL - 202527 Aug
Detailed written scheme of investigation for a programme of archaeological work pursuant to Condition 10 (a)…
ApprovedAll Other25/06096/ADFULL
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