Planning application
8 Victoria Embankment London WC2R 2AB
Relates to 25/08285/LBC
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Use of the site as High Quality West End Theatre / Cabaret & Music Venue / Event Space (to include Quality Dining and Bar use (Sui Generis); internal refurbishment and fit out of public seating areas, bar areas, WCs, dressing rooms, and back of house areas; and associated works. (Linked with 25/08285/LBC)
As published by the council, reference 25/08284/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/08284/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Status
- Pending
- Received
- 12 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 12 Nov 2025
- Ward
- St James's
- Postcode
- WC2R 2AB
Site history
Applications at this address on the Westminster register
This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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26/03755/ADV Awaiting decision
8 Victoria Embankment London WC2R 2AB
Display of two internally illuminated led measuring 1.9m x 6m. Linked with 25/08417/LBC. (Retrospective).
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25/08417/LBC Refused
8 Victoria Embankment London WC2R 2AB
Alterations to frontage of the site and provision of canopy.
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25/08285/LBC Awaiting decision
8 Victoria Embankment London WC2R 2AB
Use of the site as High Quality West End Theatre / Cabaret & Music Venue / Event Space (to include Quality Dining and Bar use (Sui Generis); internal refurbishment and fit out of public seating areas, bar areas, WCs, dressing rooms, and back of house areas; and associated works. (Linked with 25/08284/FULL)
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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12 Nov 2025
Received by Westminster
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 7 January 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Westminster took a median of 65 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
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25/08285/LBC Awaiting decision
8 Victoria Embankment London WC2R 2AB
Use of the site as High Quality West End Theatre / Cabaret & Music Venue / Event Space (to include Quality Dining and Bar use (Sui Generis); internal refurbishment and fit out of public seating areas, bar areas, WCs, dressing rooms, and back of house areas; and associated works. (Linked with 25/08284/FULL)
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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25/08285/LBC Awaiting decision
8 Victoria Embankment London WC2R 2AB
Use of the site as High Quality West End Theatre / Cabaret & Music Venue / Event Space (to include Quality Dining and Bar use (Sui Generis); internal refurbishment and fit out of public seating areas, bar areas, WCs, dressing rooms, and back of house areas; and associated works. (Linked with 25/08284/FULL)
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
1 document on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat happens while it is decided
This application is with Westminster for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Westminster decided full applications in a median of 91 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About full applications
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Alterations to frontage of the site and provision of canopy.
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