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3 Russell Street London WC2B 5JD

26/06914/FULLAwaiting decision
Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Shopfront alterations and associated works at Ground and Lower Ground of 3 Russell Street and 44 Wellington Street.

Submitted
9 October 2026
  1. Received9 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application at 3 Russell Street London WC2B 5JD. Westminster has handled 27,078 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 9 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Covent Garden conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 199 applications in total for the WC2B postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
WC2B 5JD

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: 38, Wellington StreetOn or next to this site
  • 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

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

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