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Planning AtlasWestminsterSt James's wardWC2H 7AR
Postcode record · Westminster

WC2H 7AR.

WC2H 7AR has 10 known premises and 44 planning records — 32 approved of 36 decided (88.9%). 6 EPC records.

WestminsterSt James'sWC2H 7AR
Postcode WC2H 7AR · boundary not held, centred on the postcodeApprovedRefusedOther1 exact1 on the map — every match
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10
Premises
known addresses (UPRNs)
44
Applications
36 decided
88.9%
Approval rate
32 approved · 4 refused
6
EPC records
ratings C 3 · D 1 · E 2
1
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?

WC2H 7AR has 10 known premises and 44 planning records — 32 approved of 36 decided (88.9%). 6 EPC records.

Premises

Planning

What happened?

44 planning applications across the postcode; 32 approved of 36 decided (88.9%). Latest 30 shown.

Reference
Proposal · address
Type
Outcome
Date · distance
Display of three externally illuminated advertisement panels measuring 2.85m x 3.35m, 2.5m x 2.6m and 2.6m x 2.6m (Site includes 1 - 4 Bear Street).
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Applicant Not disclosed · Agent SM Planning · Officer Nikki Mitchell
Advert Application (ADV)
Refused
2025-07-01
Details of a servicing management plan including hours of servicing; pursuant to condition 26 of planning permission dated 5th August 2024 (RN:24/00854/FULL).
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Applicant Levy · Agent SM Planning · Officer Nikki Mitchell
Approval of Details (Full PP)
Approved
2025-06-20
Details of supplementary acoustic report pursuant to Condition 22 of planning permission dated 05 August 2024 (RN: 24/00854/FULL)
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Applicant Levy · Agent SM Planning · Officer Jonathon Metcalfe
Approval of Details (Full PP)
Approved
2025-05-16
Details of refuse & recycling storage pursuant to condition 16 of planning permission dated 05 August 2024 (RN: 24/00854/FULL)
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Applicant Levy · Agent SM Planning · Officer Nikki Mitchell
Approval of Details (Full PP)
Approved
2025-05-16
Details of sound insulation measures and a noise assessment report pursuant to condition 23 of planning permission dated 05 August 2024 (RN: 24/00854/FULL).
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Applicant Levy · Agent SM Planning · Officer Nikki Mitchell
Approval of Details (Full PP)
Approved
2025-05-16
Detailed drawings of the ventilation grilles at ground floor level to be of a decorative design and broken up in to individual sections to relieve the current horizontal emphasis pursuant of condition 7 of planning permission dated 5th August 2024 (RN 24/00854/FULL)
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Applicant Levy · Agent SM Planning · Officer Nikki Mitchell
Approval of Details (Full PP)
Approved
2025-05-16
Display of externally illuminated advertisement poster panel measuring 2.85m high and 3.35m wide. (1 - 4 Bear Street)
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Applicant Not disclosed · Agent SM Planning · Officer Nikki Mitchell
Advert Application (ADV)
Approved
2025-05-13
Display of internally illuminated digital screen measuring 3.5m X 14m
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Applicant Not disclosed · Agent SM Planning · Officer Allison Borden
Advert Application (ADV)
Approved
2025-04-11
Details of a supplementary acoustic report and sound insulation measures and a noise assessment report pursuant to Conditions 22 and 23 of planning permission dated 5 August 2024. (RN: 24/00854/FULL)
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
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Unknown
2025-03-13
Details of the ventilation grilles at ground floor level to be of a decorative design and broken up in to individual sections to relieve the current horizontal emphasis and details of how waste is going to be stored on the site and how materials for recycling will be stored separately pursuant to Conditions 7 and 16 of planning permission dated 5 August 2024 (RN 24/00854/FULL)
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Applicant Levy · Agent SM Planning · Officer Nikki Mitchell
Approval of Details (Full PP)
Refused
2025-01-22
Display of three externally illuminated advertisement panels measuring 2.85m x 3.35m, 2.5m x 2.6m and 2.6m x 2.6m (Site includes 1 - 4 Bear Street).
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Applicant Not disclosed · Agent SM Planning · Officer Nikki Mitchell
Refused
2025-07-01
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Advert Application (ADV)
Details of a servicing management plan including hours of servicing; pursuant to condition 26 of planning permission dated 5th August 2024 (RN:24/00854/FULL).
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Applicant Levy · Agent SM Planning · Officer Nikki Mitchell
Approved
2025-06-20
More
Approval of Details (Full PP)
Details of supplementary acoustic report pursuant to Condition 22 of planning permission dated 05 August 2024 (RN: 24/00854/FULL)
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Applicant Levy · Agent SM Planning · Officer Jonathon Metcalfe
Approved
2025-05-16
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Approval of Details (Full PP)
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Details of refuse & recycling storage pursuant to condition 16 of planning permission dated 05 August 2024 (RN: 24/00854/FULL)
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Applicant Levy · Agent SM Planning · Officer Nikki Mitchell
Approved
2025-05-16
More
Approval of Details (Full PP)
Details of sound insulation measures and a noise assessment report pursuant to condition 23 of planning permission dated 05 August 2024 (RN: 24/00854/FULL).
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Applicant Levy · Agent SM Planning · Officer Nikki Mitchell
Approved
2025-05-16
More
Approval of Details (Full PP)
Detailed drawings of the ventilation grilles at ground floor level to be of a decorative design and broken up in to individual sections to relieve the current horizontal emphasis pursuant of condition 7 of planning permission dated 5th August 2024 (RN 24/00854/FULL)
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Applicant Levy · Agent SM Planning · Officer Nikki Mitchell
Approved
2025-05-16
More
Approval of Details (Full PP)
Display of externally illuminated advertisement poster panel measuring 2.85m high and 3.35m wide. (1 - 4 Bear Street)
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Applicant Not disclosed · Agent SM Planning · Officer Nikki Mitchell
Approved
2025-05-13
More
Advert Application (ADV)
Display of internally illuminated digital screen measuring 3.5m X 14m
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Applicant Not disclosed · Agent SM Planning · Officer Allison Borden
Approved
2025-04-11
More
Advert Application (ADV)
Details of a supplementary acoustic report and sound insulation measures and a noise assessment report pursuant to Conditions 22 and 23 of planning permission dated 5 August 2024. (RN: 24/00854/FULL)
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Unknown
2025-03-13
More
Advertisement
Details of the ventilation grilles at ground floor level to be of a decorative design and broken up in to individual sections to relieve the current horizontal emphasis and details of how waste is going to be stored on the site and how materials for recycling will be stored separately pursuant to Conditions 7 and 16 of planning permission dated 5 August 2024 (RN 24/00854/FULL)
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7AR · premises record
Applicant Levy · Agent SM Planning · Officer Nikki Mitchell
Refused
2025-01-22
More
Approval of Details (Full PP)

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 10 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 10 of 10 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 10 of 10 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 10 of 10 premises. Some normally permitted changes may require planning permission.
Central Activities Zone
Named designation not supplied · reference CAZ00000005 · covers 10 of 10 premises. London Plan policies for the Central Activities Zone may apply.
Conservation Area
Leicester Square · reference CONARA/1280 · covers 10 of 10 premises. Demolition, alterations, trees and design are subject to additional heritage controls.
Brownfield Land
16/08454/FULL · reference 16/08454/FULL · covers 5 of 10 premises. The land appears on a published brownfield register; that is not itself planning permission.
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 10 of 10 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 10 of 10 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 10 of 10 premises. Some normally permitted changes may require planning permission.
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Central Activities Zone
Named designation not supplied · reference CAZ00000005 · covers 10 of 10 premises. London Plan policies for the Central Activities Zone may apply.
Conservation Area
Leicester Square · reference CONARA/1280 · covers 10 of 10 premises. Demolition, alterations, trees and design are subject to additional heritage controls.
Brownfield Land
16/08454/FULL · reference 16/08454/FULL · covers 5 of 10 premises. The land appears on a published brownfield register; that is not itself planning permission.
People

Who is involved?

Named on the latest 30 applications in this postcode — the party who applied, not the owner or occupier.

Name
Details
Applicant on 8 applications
Applicant on 4 applications
Applicant on 1 application
Agent on 11 applications
Agent on 2 applications
Case officer on 13 applications
Case officer on 10 applications
Case officer on 2 applications
Case officer on 1 application
Case officer on 1 application
Applicant on 8 applications
Applicant on 4 applications
Applicant on 1 application
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Agent on 11 applications
Agent on 2 applications
Case officer on 13 applications
Case officer on 10 applications
Case officer on 2 applications
Case officer on 1 application
Case officer on 1 application
Development

What could it become?

Planning precedent44 applications and 1 mapped decisions in this postcode — precedent for what has been permitted and refused here.
Energy6 EPC records; ratings C: 3, D: 1, E: 2.
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.
WC2H 7AR, Westminster: Planning and Property History | Planning Atlas