13 - 14 Portsmouth Street London WC2A 2ES

26/05186/CLOPUDOutlineRefused

Outline / PiP

Refused on 9 September 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

To confirm the basement, ground and first floors of the building is in Class E (Commercial, business and service) use and that its use for any use within Class E including a Tea Shop would not require further planning permission.

Received: 31 July 2026
Council: City of Westminster

ReceivedReceived31 Jul
ValidatedValidated31 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided9 Sep

Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at 13 - 14 Portsmouth Street London WC2A 2ES. Westminster has handled 218 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Strand conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 131 applications in total for the WC2A postcode area.

82% of outline 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: WC2A 2ES
Application type: Outline
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 31 July 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Strand
Listed building: Grade II*: The Old Curiosity ShopOn this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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.

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.

Source: Westminster

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

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