Planning application
8 - 10 Great George Street London SW1P 3AE
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Excavation of an additional basement level and associated works.
As published by the council, reference 25/08009/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/08009/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Application Permitted
- Received
- 4 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 10 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 14 Apr 2026
- Ward
- St James's
- Decision by
- Complex Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- SW1P 3AE
Site history
Applications at this address on the Westminster register
This site has had 3 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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26/06050/NMA Decided
8 - 10 Great George Street London SW1P 3AE
Amendments to planning permission dated 08 November 2019 (RN: 19/02730/FULL) for the Use of part ground and upper floors as a 134-room hotel (Class C1); use of part lower ground as a leisure suite (Class D2); use of ground floor as restaurant/bar (Class A3/A4), external alterations, including demolition to include the removal of the rooftop plant enclosures and replacement with a single-storey extension, remodelling of the Little Sanctuary elevation and introduction of balconies and lightwells. NAMELY, to amend the description of development so that the reference to a 134-room hotel is amended to identify 134 rooms as the maximum number of hotel rooms permitted as part of the development.
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26/00372/NMA Granted
8 - 10 Great George Street London SW1P 3AE
Amendments to planning permission dated 08 November 2019 (RN: 19/02730/FULL) for 'Use of part ground and upper floors as a 134-room hotel (Class C1); use of part lower ground as a leisure suite (Class D2); use of ground floor as restaurant/bar (Class A3/A4), external alterations, including demolition to include the removal of the rooftop plant enclosures and replacement with a single-storey extension, remodelling of the Little Sanctuary elevation and introduction of balconies and lightwells'. Namely, to relocate the UKPN substation to within the front vaults and new gate and staircase into front lightwell.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Nov 2025
Received by Westminster
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10 Nov 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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14 Apr 2026
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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21 Jul 2026
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