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6 - 8 Irving Street London WC2H 7AT

26/04866/FULLRefused

Refused on 16 October 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Alterations to part of shopfront, installation of external heaters, lighting and wind screens (retrospective). (Linked with 26/04867/ADV)

Received
21 July 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 9 October 2026
  1. Received21 Jul
  2. Validated20 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Oct

Decided in 57 days

About this application

This is a planning application at 6 - 8 Irving Street London WC2H 7AT. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 18 days, 4 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Leicester Square conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 478 applications in total for the WC2H postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
WC2H 7AT

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 August 2026

Additional information

Documents
25

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Leicester Square
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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
    28 Sep

    Alterations to part of shopfront, installation of external heaters, lighting and wind screens…

    This applicationRefusedApplication26/04866/FULL
  2. 2026
    28 Sep

    Display of internally illumianted fascia sign measuring 0.10m x 1.78 (retrospective). (Linked with…

    RefusedAdvertisement consentPart of26/04867/ADV

Source: Westminster

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

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