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City of Westminster planning applications

Data as of 5 November 2026

City of Westminster decided more than 8,700 planning applications in the twelve months to 5 November 2026. It refused 12% of those it approved or refused, higher than the middle UK council (9%), and took a median of 56 days to decide one.

Look up one application

Search by reference or address on City of Westminster’s own planning portal. Or ask Claude, with the PlanningLedger connector, to find it and read its officer report and decision notice (mcp.planningledger.com).

Recent major decisions

Figures for City of Westminster

Decisions: the twelve months to 5 November 2026, from City of Westminster’s published planning register. Appeals: decided from 6 November 2023 to 5 November 2026, from the appeal body’s casework.
Applications decided more than 8,700
Share refusedof those approved or refused 12%middle UK council 9%
Median time to a decisionfrom the valid date 56 daysmiddle UK council 55 days
Householder applications refusedextensions, lofts, outbuildings 18%of more than 410 decided
Appeals decidedin the last three years more than 380
Appeals allowedof those decided on their merits 34%about one in three
Officer reports and decision notices searchable back to 2017
Local Plan policies held 50plan adopted 2026

What inspectors decide appeals on

In their own words, from recent appeal decisions on City of Westminster’s planning applications.

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the housing supply within the area.”

    Dismissed, 2026

  • “Accordingly, the main issues are: • whether the proposed development is permitted development in accordance with Class A, Part 16, Sch.2 of the GPDO, and if so, • the effect of the siting and appearance of the proposed development on…”

    Dismissed, 2025

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on pedestrian safety.”

    Allowed, 2023

  • “The main issue is the effect of the siting and appearance of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.”

    Dismissed, 2021

  • “The main issue is the effect of the proposed development on the character and appearance of the area.”

    Allowed, 2021

How we count, and what each figure leaves out: methodology. The council’s own register is the record, and each application links to it.