Planning, building and environmental regulations

Search for and comment on applications, make a planning application and see all the planning policies.

When to apply for planning permission and how to make an application.

Make a building control application and find out more about building regulations.

We welcome your comments on applications for planning permission.

Find out how to set up a neighbourhood area and forum and see neighbourhood planning updates.

Information on planning enforcement, reporting a breach of planning control and short-term letting.

Learn about the council's environmental policies and our Greener City Action Plan.

Read what legal requirements we follow to allow planning permission to be granted for development proposals.

Find out more about the types of information collected by our planning services, how it is stored, displayed, used and retained.

See how our planning and building control services are still operating but with some temporary measures are in place.

The inspector's report will now be drafted and is to be submitted to the Secretary of State on or before 30 April 2021.

View this month's planning applications for building work projects, or search for older planning applications online.

When a building project creates a new thoroughfare or building, the developer has to apply to us to give a names.

Find out how to report a noise complaint and more about the noise issues we can investigate.

Find out about Westminster's listed buildings, conservation areas and audits, historic parks and world heritage sites.

Find out about our CIL charges on developments and how to pay it.

Information about our lighting strategy, guidance design, LED upgrades, annual replacement programme and faults.

You can access historic planning records from the council by completing a short form. Once the records have been found, you will be contacted.

Find out which industrial activities require an environmental permit before operation.