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Planning AtlasWestminsterSt James's wardWC2E 8HB
Postcode record · Westminster

WC2E 8HB.

WC2E 8HB has 15 known premises and 12 planning records — 2 approved of 6 decided (33.3%).

WestminsterSt James'sWC2E 8HB
Postcode WC2E 8HB · boundary not held, centred on the postcodeApprovedRefusedOther2 exact50 approximate52 on the map — every match
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15
Premises
known addresses (UPRNs)
12
Applications
6 decided
33.3%
Approval rate
2 approved · 4 refused
0
EPC records
none recorded
52
Mapped applications
inside the postcode shape
Postcode unit boundary from Ordnance Survey; premises and applications inside it. Aggregates describe the area, not any single premises.
Property

What is it?

WC2E 8HB has 15 known premises and 12 planning records — 2 approved of 6 decided (33.3%).

Premises

Planning

What happened?

12 planning applications across the postcode; 2 approved of 6 decided (33.3%). Latest 12 shown.

Reference
Proposal · address
Type
Outcome
Date · distance
Internal alterations at basement, ground, mezzanine level and first floor level. Installation of a video wall and tree planters within the courtyard area at ground floor level. Infilling of one arch in the north wall of the courtyard. Digging of a trial pit and associated structural works.
1-7 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB · premises record
Applicant Not disclosed · Agent Gerald Eve LLP · Officer David Clegg
Listed Building Consent Application
Approved
2018-04-09
Installation of an external lighting scheme to the Piazza and James Street facades including lights, fixings and associated cabling and drivers.
1-7 The Piazza Covent Garden WC2E 8HB · premises record
Applicant Not disclosed · Agent Gerald Eve LLP · Officer Jennie Humphrey
Listed Building Consent Application
Approved
2016-04-28
Use of basement, ground and mezzanine floors as retail use (Class A1).
6-7 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB · premises record
Full Planning Permission Application
Withdrawn
2008-04-16
Use of an area of the public highway measuring 11m x 2.4m for the placing of 16 tables and 32 chairs in connection with The Rock Garden. Installation of fixed glazed screen to arcade of Bedford Chambers at ground floor level.
6 - 7 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB · premises record
Applic. for tables and chairs
Withdrawn
2007-08-24
Installation of fixed glazed screen to Arcade of Bedford Chambers at ground floor level.
6 - 7 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB · premises record
Listed Building Consent Application
Withdrawn
2007-08-24
Display of an internally illuminated fanlight sign.
6 - 7 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB · premises record
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Unknown
2007-03-27
Use of an area of the public highway measuring 11m x 2.4m for the placing of 11 tables and 30 chairs in connection with The Rock Garden.
6 - 7 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB · premises record
Applic. for tables and chairs
Refused
2004-04-26
Use of an area of the public highway measuring 2.5m x 11m for the placing of 11 tables and 30 chairs in connection with the Rock Garden restaurant. (Duplicate applications).
6 - 7 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB · premises record
Applic. for tables and chairs
Withdrawn
2004-01-30
Use of an area of the public highway measuring 2.5m x 11m for the placing of 11 tables and 30 chairs in connection with the Rock Garden restaurant.
6 - 7 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB · premises record
Applic. for tables and chairs
Withdrawn
2004-01-28
Use of an area of public highway measuring 6.3m by 2.4m for the placing of 6 tables and 18 chairs in connection with the wine bar at 1-2 The Piazza, Covent Garden..
1 - 2 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB · premises record
Applicant Bernard Herbert · Agent David Gabriel Design · Officer Gwyn Richards
Applic. for tables and chairs
Refused
2002-05-27
Internal alterations at basement, ground, mezzanine level and first floor level. Installation of a video wall and tree planters within the courtyard area at ground floor level. Infilling of one arch in the north wall of the courtyard. Digging of a trial pit and associated structural works.
1-7 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB · premises record
Applicant Not disclosed · Agent Gerald Eve LLP · Officer David Clegg
Approved
2018-04-09
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Listed Building Consent Application
Installation of an external lighting scheme to the Piazza and James Street facades including lights, fixings and associated cabling and drivers.
1-7 The Piazza Covent Garden WC2E 8HB · premises record
Applicant Not disclosed · Agent Gerald Eve LLP · Officer Jennie Humphrey
Approved
2016-04-28
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Listed Building Consent Application
Use of basement, ground and mezzanine floors as retail use (Class A1).
6-7 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB · premises record
Withdrawn
2008-04-16
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Full Planning Permission Application
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Use of an area of the public highway measuring 11m x 2.4m for the placing of 16 tables and 32 chairs in connection with The Rock Garden. Installation of fixed glazed screen to arcade of Bedford Chambers at ground floor level.
6 - 7 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB · premises record
Withdrawn
2007-08-24
More
Applic. for tables and chairs
Installation of fixed glazed screen to Arcade of Bedford Chambers at ground floor level.
6 - 7 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB · premises record
Withdrawn
2007-08-24
More
Listed Building Consent Application
Display of an internally illuminated fanlight sign.
6 - 7 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB · premises record
Unknown
2007-03-27
More
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Use of an area of the public highway measuring 11m x 2.4m for the placing of 11 tables and 30 chairs in connection with The Rock Garden.
6 - 7 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB · premises record
Refused
2004-04-26
More
Applic. for tables and chairs
Use of an area of the public highway measuring 2.5m x 11m for the placing of 11 tables and 30 chairs in connection with the Rock Garden restaurant. (Duplicate applications).
6 - 7 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB · premises record
Withdrawn
2004-01-30
More
Applic. for tables and chairs
Use of an area of the public highway measuring 2.5m x 11m for the placing of 11 tables and 30 chairs in connection with the Rock Garden restaurant.
6 - 7 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB · premises record
Withdrawn
2004-01-28
More
Applic. for tables and chairs
Use of an area of public highway measuring 6.3m by 2.4m for the placing of 6 tables and 18 chairs in connection with the wine bar at 1-2 The Piazza, Covent Garden..
1 - 2 The Piazza Covent Garden London WC2E 8HB · premises record
Applicant Bernard Herbert · Agent David Gabriel Design · Officer Gwyn Richards
Refused
2002-05-27
More
Applic. for tables and chairs

Building control

Building-control records are not yet collected for Westminster — the register is being gathered borough by borough (held so far: Lambeth, Brent, Ealing, Westminster, City and others).

Place

What affects it?

Every mapped designation touching a premises in this postcode, with how many of its 15 premises each one covers.

Designation
Coverage
Archaeological Priority Area
City of Westminster APA 1.2: Lundenwic and the Strand Summary and Definition The Lundenwic and the Strand APA covers the Anglo-Saxon international trading emporium of Lundenwic and the medieval and post medieval grand and religious hou · reference 76669 · covers 15 of 15 premises. Groundworks may require archaeological assessment or investigation.
Article 4 Direction Area
Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed · reference 23/00006/REG_4 · covers 15 of 15 premises. Some normally permitted changes may require planning permission.
Article 4 Direction Area
Article 4 Direction Class E To C3 In Central Activities Zone · reference 23/00004/REG_4 · covers 15 of 15 premises. Some normally permitted changes may require planning permission.
Central Activities Zone
Named designation not supplied · reference CAZ00000005 · covers 15 of 15 premises. London Plan policies for the Central Activities Zone may apply.
Conservation Area
Covent Garden · reference 08/01260/CONARA · covers 15 of 15 premises. Demolition, alterations, trees and design are subject to additional heritage controls.
Archaeological Priority Area
City of Westminster APA 1.2: Lundenwic and the Strand Summary and Definition The Lundenwic and the Strand APA covers the Anglo-Saxon international trading emporium of Lundenwic and the medieval and post medieval grand and religious hou · reference 76669 · covers 15 of 15 premises. Groundworks may require archaeological assessment or investigation.
Article 4 Direction Area
Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed · reference 23/00006/REG_4 · covers 15 of 15 premises. Some normally permitted changes may require planning permission.
Article 4 Direction Area
Article 4 Direction Class E To C3 In Central Activities Zone · reference 23/00004/REG_4 · covers 15 of 15 premises. Some normally permitted changes may require planning permission.
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Central Activities Zone
Named designation not supplied · reference CAZ00000005 · covers 15 of 15 premises. London Plan policies for the Central Activities Zone may apply.
Conservation Area
Covent Garden · reference 08/01260/CONARA · covers 15 of 15 premises. Demolition, alterations, trees and design are subject to additional heritage controls.
People

Who is involved?

Named on the latest 12 applications in this postcode — the party who applied, not the owner or occupier.

Name
Details
Applicant on 5 applications
Applicant on 2 applications
Applicant on 1 application
Applicant on 1 application
Applicant on 1 application
Applicant on 1 application
Agent on 3 applications
Agent on 3 applications
Agent on 2 applications
Agent on 1 application
Applicant on 5 applications
Applicant on 2 applications
Applicant on 1 application
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Applicant on 1 application
Applicant on 1 application
Applicant on 1 application
Agent on 3 applications
Agent on 3 applications
Agent on 2 applications
Agent on 1 application
Development

What could it become?

Planning precedent12 applications and 52 mapped decisions in this postcode — precedent for what has been permitted and refused here.
EnergyNo EPC records joined yet.
What is not assertedNo capacity, value or ownership claim is made at area level; those belong to individual premises records and their evidence.

Intent signals

The Developer Plan

Ownership, finance and market signals recorded at addresses in this postcode — each with date and source. Signals are evidence of change, not a prediction.

No intent signal is currently recorded in this postcode.

Boundary: OS Postcode Unit areas (Ordnance Survey), 2026-08-14. Planning records: canonical stage2. EPC: EPC register. Premises: OS AddressBase / UPRN.
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