Westminster Council's Planning Sub-Committee convened on 22 July 2025, to review several planning applications, including concerns over a restaurant loss at Victory House and objections to developments at Hanover Square and the London Pavilion.

The Director of Town Planning and Building Control recommends conditional planning permission and listed building consent for the Victory House application.

Victory House Restaurant Loss

Map showing the location of Victory House, 99-101 Regent Street, London, the subject of a planning application.
Map of Victory House Location

The committee addressed an application concerning Victory House, 99 - 101 Regent Street, a Grade II listed building in the Regent Street Conservation Area. The proposals included external alterations at ground floor level on Swallow Street, involving the removal of the restaurant entrance and the creation of a new office entrance. The applicant's justification for this conversion is not detailed in the meeting information.

The Soho Society objected to the application, arguing that the restaurant occupier holds a 'unique heritage and cultural function'[1] and that the loss of the restaurant would be 'detrimental to a local heritage asset'.

Other Planning Applications

The Planning Sub-Committee also reviewed applications for:

  • 1 Hanover Square: Objections were received from an adjoining office occupier and concerns from nearby residents regarding loss of light and sunlight. Item 1 provides further details.

Architectural rendering of the proposed redevelopment of 1 Hanover Square.
Redevelopment of 1 Hanover Square

  • The London Pavilion: The Soho Society objected on the grounds of impact on the listed building, conservation area, streetscape and views, and the cumulative impact of new advertisements. More information can be found in Item 3.

The London Pavilion, 1 Piccadilly, undergoing construction with scaffolding shrouds and advertising panels, as discussed in the Planning Sub-Committee meeting.
London Pavilion Construction

  • 12 Chester Street: The Belgravia Neighbourhood Forum objects on the grounds that the proposed basement represents overdevelopment which would unbalance the character of a listed building, it is environmentally unsound, increased disruption from construction and the proposal should be assessed on its own merits and not on precedent. See Item 4 for details.
  • 14A Caroline Terrace: Objections have been received from nearby residents on land use, amenity and design grounds. Further information is available in Item 5.

[1] The meeting information states that the Soho Society has objected to the application, arguing that the restaurant occupier holds a 'unique heritage and cultural function'. However, it does not specify what that function is.