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Basement And Ground Floor 3 New Row London WC2N 4LH

26/06472/FULLRefused

Refused on 5 November 2026

1 reason for refusal

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Replacement of Shopfront. (Linked with 26/06473/LBC)

Received
22 September 2026
Public comments
0 · last counted 9 October 2026
  1. Received22 Sep
  2. Validated30 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Nov

Decided in 36 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Basement And Ground Floor 3 New Row London WC2N 4LH. Westminster has handled 27,078 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Covent Garden conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 300 applications in total for the WC2N postcode area.

Why it was refused

  1. The proposed replacement shopfront, by reason of the relocation of the entrance, the loss of a coherent and consistent stallriser arrangement, the altered proportions and relationship of solid and glazed elements, and the heavy-handed detailing of the proposed frontage, would result in an unbalanced and architecturally inferior composition that would detract from the appearance of the host building and fail to preserve or enhance the character and appearance of the Covent Garden Conservation Area. The proposal is therefore contrary to Policies 42, 44 and 45 of Westminster City Plan, the National Planning Policy Framework and the duty set out under Section 72(1) of the Planning (Listed Buildings and Conservation Areas) Act 1990.

From the council's decision notice.

Application details

Postcode
WC2N 4LH

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 September 2026

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Covent Garden
  • Listed building: Grade II: 3, New Row Wc2On this site · +10 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • 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.

© 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

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