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Former Imperial College Medical School Praed Street London W2 1NY

Awaiting decision Westminster 25/08486/FULL Full Planning Permission Application

Works: Demolition

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Proposal

Demolition of the existing buildings and redevelopment of the site to create a Sui Generis Clinical Life Sciences medical discovery hub including provision for clinical trials, plus retail/restaurant/café/gym uses (Class E(a), (b), (d) and (g)), a multifunctional community and learning space (Class F2), basement plant, landscaping, cycle parking facilities and installation of roof top plant and all other works incidental to the proposals.(For consultation purposes: the application is an Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) development and is accompanied by an Environmental Statement (ES), which may be viewed with the planning application documents).

As published by the council, reference 25/08486/FULL

Application record

Reference
25/08486/FULL
Type
Full Planning Permission Application
Status
Pending
Received
19 Nov 2025
Validated
19 Nov 2025
Ward
Hyde Park
Postcode
W2 1NY

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 19 Nov 2025

    Received by Westminster

  2. 20 Aug 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 14 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 86 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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Documents

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382 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

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