Planning application
Walmar House 296 Regent Street London W1B 3AP
Relates to 26/00057/LBC
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Installation of new rotating entrance door and accessible door; removal of existing sliding entrance doors and internal lobby doors; installation of air curtain, new flooring, new lighting fixtures and new security gate. [Linked to 26/00057/LBC]
As published by the council, reference 26/00056/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00056/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Status
- Pending
- Received
- 6 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 6 Jan 2026
- Ward
- West End
- Postcode
- W1B 3AP
Site history
Applications at this address on the Westminster register
This site has had 2 applications since 2026.
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26/00057/LBC Awaiting decision
Walmar House 296 Regent Street London W1B 3AP
Installation of new rotating entrance door and accessible door; removal of existing sliding entrance doors and internal lobby doors; installation of air curtain, new flooring, new lighting fixtures and new security gate. [Linked to 26/00056/FULL]
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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6 Jan 2026
Received by Westminster
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 March 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 91 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Related applications
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26/00057/LBC Awaiting decision
Walmar House 296 Regent Street London W1B 3AP
Installation of new rotating entrance door and accessible door; removal of existing sliding entrance doors and internal lobby doors; installation of air curtain, new flooring, new lighting fixtures and new security gate. [Linked to 26/00056/FULL]
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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26/00057/LBC Awaiting decision
Walmar House 296 Regent Street London W1B 3AP
Installation of new rotating entrance door and accessible door; removal of existing sliding entrance doors and internal lobby doors; installation of air curtain, new flooring, new lighting fixtures and new security gate. [Linked to 26/00056/FULL]
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
MWA Agent, registered in Simmondley
Dissolved · incorporated 1978 · Simmondley
59 applications on PlanIndex · across 40 councils · 91% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
22 documents on file for this application
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