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Postcode record · Westminster

WC2H 7DF.

WC2H 7DF has 3 known premises and 5 planning records — 5 approved of 5 decided (100%).

WestminsterSt James'sWC2H 7DF
Postcode WC2H 7DF · boundary not held, centred on the postcodeApprovedRefusedOther5 on the map — every match
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3
Premises
known addresses (UPRNs)
5
Applications
5 decided
100%
Approval rate
5 approved · 0 refused
53 days
Median decision time
average 77 days · 5 dated decisions
0
EPC records
none recorded
5
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 7DF has 3 known premises and 5 planning records — 5 approved of 5 decided (100%).

Premises

Planning

What happened?

5 planning applications across the postcode; 5 approved of 5 decided (100%). Latest 5 shown.

Reference
Proposal · address
Type
Outcome
Date · distance
Use of part ground and part basement area to provide an additional 21 hotel bedrooms at ground floor and basement of the hotel with associated external alterations and use of part of the ground floor to provide cycle spaces.
Grove House 2 Orange Street London WC2H 7DF · premises record
Full Planning Permission Application
Approved
2020-04-29
Amendments to planning permission dated 25 September 2013 (RN: 13/04184) for: Use of the building as a hotel (Class C1). External alterations to the ground floor elevation including modifications to the entrance doors and new pavement lights. Installation of photovoltaic panels at roof level and modifications to rear part of the roof to accommodate mechanical plant at fourth floor level namely, alteration to gate to the car park, amendment to main entrance doors and vinyl sticker logos applied to glass on the full height cafe windows.
Grove House 2 Orange Street London WC2H 7DF · premises record
Non-material amendments
Approved
2014-05-14
Amendments to planning permission dated 25 September 2013 (RN: 13/04184) for use of the building as a hotel (Class C1). External alterations to the ground floor elevation including modifications to the entrance doors and new pavement lights. Installation of photovoltaic panels at roof level and modifications to rear part of the roof to accommodate mechanical plant at fourth floor level namely, additional full height window, full height double glazed frameless glass to Cafe area, double glazed frameless glass entrance door, new gate and location of dry riser inlet.
Grove House 2 Orange Street London WC2H 7DF · premises record
Non-material amendments
Approved
2014-03-04
Details of the design of the partitions to the guest bedrooms at second, third and fourth floor level facing Orange Street amended to reduce their visibility from street level pursuant to Condition 16 of planning permission dated 25 September 2013 (RN: 13/04184).
Grove House 2 Orange Street London WC2H 7DF · premises record
Approval of Details (Full PP)
Approved
2014-01-02
Use of the building as a hotel (Class C1). External alterations to the ground floor elevation including modifications to the entrance doors and new pavement lights. Installation of photovoltaic panels at roof level and modifications to rear part of the roof to accommodate mechanical plant at fourth floor level.
Grove House 2 Orange Street London WC2H 7DF · premises record
Full Planning Permission Application
Approved
2013-04-25
Use of part ground and part basement area to provide an additional 21 hotel bedrooms at ground floor and basement of the hotel with associated external alterations and use of part of the ground floor to provide cycle spaces.
Grove House 2 Orange Street London WC2H 7DF · premises record
Approved
2020-04-29
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Full Planning Permission Application
Amendments to planning permission dated 25 September 2013 (RN: 13/04184) for: Use of the building as a hotel (Class C1). External alterations to the ground floor elevation including modifications to the entrance doors and new pavement lights. Installation of photovoltaic panels at roof level and modifications to rear part of the roof to accommodate mechanical plant at fourth floor level namely, alteration to gate to the car park, amendment to main entrance doors and vinyl sticker logos applied to glass on the full height cafe windows.
Grove House 2 Orange Street London WC2H 7DF · premises record
Approved
2014-05-14
More
Non-material amendments
Amendments to planning permission dated 25 September 2013 (RN: 13/04184) for use of the building as a hotel (Class C1). External alterations to the ground floor elevation including modifications to the entrance doors and new pavement lights. Installation of photovoltaic panels at roof level and modifications to rear part of the roof to accommodate mechanical plant at fourth floor level namely, additional full height window, full height double glazed frameless glass to Cafe area, double glazed frameless glass entrance door, new gate and location of dry riser inlet.
Grove House 2 Orange Street London WC2H 7DF · premises record
Approved
2014-03-04
More
Non-material amendments
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Details of the design of the partitions to the guest bedrooms at second, third and fourth floor level facing Orange Street amended to reduce their visibility from street level pursuant to Condition 16 of planning permission dated 25 September 2013 (RN: 13/04184).
Grove House 2 Orange Street London WC2H 7DF · premises record
Approved
2014-01-02
More
Approval of Details (Full PP)
Use of the building as a hotel (Class C1). External alterations to the ground floor elevation including modifications to the entrance doors and new pavement lights. Installation of photovoltaic panels at roof level and modifications to rear part of the roof to accommodate mechanical plant at fourth floor level.
Grove House 2 Orange Street London WC2H 7DF · premises record
Approved
2013-04-25
More
Full Planning Permission Application

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 3 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 3 of 3 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 3 of 3 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 3 of 3 premises. Some normally permitted changes may require planning permission.
Central Activities Zone
Named designation not supplied · reference CAZ00000005 · covers 3 of 3 premises. London Plan policies for the Central Activities Zone may apply.
Conservation Area
St James's · reference CONARA/1330 · covers 3 of 3 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 3 of 3 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 3 of 3 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 3 of 3 premises. Some normally permitted changes may require planning permission.
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Central Activities Zone
Named designation not supplied · reference CAZ00000005 · covers 3 of 3 premises. London Plan policies for the Central Activities Zone may apply.
Conservation Area
St James's · reference CONARA/1330 · covers 3 of 3 premises. Demolition, alterations, trees and design are subject to additional heritage controls.
People

Who is involved?

Named on the latest 5 applications in this postcode — the party who applied, not the owner or occupier.

Name
Details
Case officer on 5 applications
Case officer on 5 applications
Development

What could it become?

Planning precedent5 applications and 5 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

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

1 intent signal recorded in this postcode
Repeat sale
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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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