Planning application
36 Gerrard Street London W1D 5QA
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Flexible / alternative use of the basement for either retail (Class E), social club (Class F2 (b), restaurant (Class E) or therapy rooms (Class E) purposes.
As published by the council, reference 26/01655/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/01655/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Status
- Pending
- Received
- 13 Mar 2026
- Validated
- 13 Mar 2026
- Ward
- St James's
- Postcode
- W1D 5QA
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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13 Mar 2026
Received by Westminster
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 8 May 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.
Who's behind it
Company information only, from the register and Companies House
Rolfe Judd Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy registered in The Oval
Active · incorporated 1992 · The Oval
598 applications on PlanIndex · across 26 councils · 95% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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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 119 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
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