Planning application
Former Imperial College Medical School Praed Street London W2 1NY
Works: Demolition
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
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
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19 Nov 2025
Received by Westminster
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20 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
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