Planning application
Basement 46 Gerrard Street London W1D 5QH
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Flexible use of part of the rear basement for use either as restaurant accommodation (Class E(b)) in association with the existing restaurant in the remainder of the property, retail (Class E(a)), betting shop (sui generis), therapy room (sui generis) or karaoke bar (sui generis) use.
As published by the council, reference 26/03045/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/03045/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Status
- Pending
- Received
- 8 May 2026
- Validated
- 8 May 2026
- Ward
- St James's
- Postcode
- W1D 5QH
Site history
Applications at this address on the Westminster register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025.
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25/07095/FULL Withdrawn
Basement 46 Gerrard Street London W1D 5QH
Variation of condition 1 of planning permission dated 29 January 2018 (RN: 17/10562/FULL) for the: Flexible use of part of the rear basement for use either as restaurant accommodation (Class A3) in association with the existing restaurant in the remainder of the property, retail (Class A1), betting shop (Class A2) or therapy room (sui generis) use. NAMELY, to allow Karaoke Bar (sui generis) use.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 May 2026
Received by Westminster
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 3 July 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.
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
8 documents on file for this application
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