52, 55, Dorset Street, W1U 7NH

What is being proposed

Variation of condition 20 of planning permission dated 20th August 2025 (RN:25/04241/FULL) for the Alterations at basement and ground floor levels including the installation of a partially openable shopfront, erection of a bin store screen and installation of replacement plant to the rear and associated alterations. Dual/alternative use of part of the basement level as a restaurant (Class A3) and/or bakery (Class A1) and use of two areas of the private forecourt for the placing of nine tables and 18 chairs in association with the ground floor restaurant use; to allow the use of forecourt for al fresco dining for a further one year period, to alter the arrangements of tables and chairs in the external seating area, and to allow different furniture to be placed in this seating area. (Application under Section 73 of the Act). NAMELY, to amend the hours approved for placing tables and chairs on the forecourt to read You can only put the tables and chairs on the forecourt between 08:00 and 23:00'.

Description as published by Westminster.

What this could mean for you

These are the effects a proposal like this most often raises. Each one is a material planning consideration, so each can form the basis of a comment.

• Character of the area
• Noise and disturbance

Derived automatically from the proposal wording. Read the full application before relying on it.

Timeline

1. Received

   27 Mar 2026 · Submitted to the council

2. Validated

   27 Mar 2026 · Checked and published

3. Comments close

   4 Jun 2026 · Last day to have your say

4. Decision due

   22 May 2026 · Target date, often slips

5. Decided

   5 Jun 2026 · Outcome published

Key facts

Reference

26/02047/FULL

Authority

Westminster

Address

52, 55, Dorset Street, W1U 7NH

Postcode

W1U 7NH

Type

Conditions and amendments

Scale

Minor

Applicant

Not published

Agent

Not published

Received

27 Mar 2026

Decision due

22 May 2026

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