19, 20, Irving Street, WC2H 7AU

26/07080/FULLAll OtherAwaiting decision

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Use of the first, second and third floors of 20 Irving Street from office (Class E(g)(i)) to hotel (Class C1) to provide 9 guest bedrooms, with associated internal alterations, refuse and recycling storage, and reinstatement of an air-conditioning condenser on the existing rear steel brackets.

Submitted: 21 October 2026
Council: City of Westminster

ReceivedSubmitted21 Oct
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided

About this application

This is a planning application at 19, 20, Irving Street, WC2H 7AU. Westminster has handled 1,741 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 21 October 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Leicester Square conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 270 applications across SJW_22. We hold 478 applications in total for the WC2H postcode area.

92% of all other 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: WC2H 7AU
Application type: All Other

Site constraints

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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.

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.

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9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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