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British Broadcasting Corporation Delaware Road London W9 2LG

26/05506/FULLAwaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Variation of condition 1 of planning permission dated 12 February 2015 (RN:24/08378/FULL) for the Retention, partial demolition and alteration of the existing building for use as film and music studios (continued Class E use). Works include a partial basement excavation, replacement of the existing roof, installation of new plant and external amenity spaces to the rear, façade and access alterations, highway works and all other works associated with the development. Internal works to include the restoration and alteration of studios MV1-3, removal and alteration of roof trusses, construction of a new studio space and entrance lobby, and removal of studios MV4-7, in order to construct new studio, editing, staff welfare, plant, and office spaces. Namely, alterations to the layout and approach to Studio MV1 to retain more trusses and the original ceiling height, alterations to the approach to the original trusses along the second floor of the building, with all original trusses now retained or adapted, revised plant arrangements resulting in internal and external layout alterations, revised layout to the southern "visual" wing of the building to provide more compartmentalised office space and redistribution of floors to account for the loss of useable area above studio MV1, revised rooflight positioning to reflect the new internal layout, relocation of the external terrace area further to the south; and consequential internal and external design alterations to correspond to the revised approach including minor changes to back of house locations, circulation spaces and amenity areas.

Received
13 August 2026
  1. Received13 Aug
  2. Validated13 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at British Broadcasting Corporation Delaware Road London W9 2LG. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 13 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Maida Vale conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 1,428 applications in total for the W9 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
W9 2LG

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 August 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Maida ValePart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: BBC Maida Vale StudiosOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref P3Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 111B Shirland Road London W9 2ELRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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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© 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.

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