Westminster City Council

Design guardian appointed for Oxford Street

18.08.2020

Laura Edgar

Design | London | Oxford Street | Westminster City Council

Westminster City Council has appointed urban design consultancy Publica as design guardian for the public realm of the Oxford Street District.

Mixed-use Westminster development gets the green light

20.05.2020

Laura Edgar

Housing | London | mixed-use | Westminster City Council

Westminster City Council’s planning committee has approved a mixed-use development, including affordable housing, on Harrow Road.

Plan for central London approved

14.11.2019

Laura Edgar

affordable housing | London | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | Westminster City Council

Westminster City Council has approved City Plan 2019-2040, its development blueprint, as it aims to deliver more than 22,000 homes over the plan period.

Plans for £100m subterranean scheme under Cavendish Square

11.11.2019

Huw Morris

Cavendish square | London | Plan Making - Local & Neighbourhood | Public Realm | Westminster City Council

The Reef Group has submitted a planning application for a £100 million scheme to create a subterranean complex under Cavendish Square in London’s West End.

£400k confiscation order issued to Westminster landlord

18.09.2019

Laura Edgar

A rogue Westminster landlord has been served with a confiscation order of £400,000 after illegally converting his three-bedroom home into eight flats.

Westminster City Council awarded £100K over AirBnB fraud

29.07.2019

Huw Morris

airbnb | Housing | London | Westminster City Council

An AirBnB host who rented out his Westminster City Council home to tourists has been fined £100,000 and evicted.

News in brief: RTPI seeks views on design; Floating wind turbine plan devised

02.04.2019

Laura Edgar

A round-up of planning news: Tuesday 2 April, 2019

Appeal: Abbey Road Studios advert plan fails to come together

20.03.2019

Huw Morris

Abbey Road Studios | Business & Enterprise | Heritage | London | Westminster City Council

An appeal by the world-famous Abbey Road Studios against Westminster City Council’s refusal of an internally illuminated advertisement has been rejected by an inspector.