29 Great Smith Street London SW1P 3AZ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Display of an A board outside the cafe's entrance measuring 0.59m x 0.84m. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 29 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 4 Oct 2026
Documents 8
Decision & officer reports 2
Plans & drawings 1
Other documents 5
Site constraints 12
Show the other 51 with distances
- 15 mWestminster Public LibraryGrade II
- 16 mPark HouseGrade II
- 39 m36-40, Great Smith Street Sw1Grade II
- 52 mDean's YardGrade II
- 56 mNo. 22 Great College Street (including St Edward's Chapel, Tufton Street)Grade II
- 56 mFaith HouseGrade II
- 59 mLamp post outside 4 Tufton StreetGrade II
- 68 m3 Lamp Standards to South End Outside Number 5a and Church House,dean's YardGrade II
- 79 mDean's YardGrade I
- 80 mChoir School and Deans YardGrade II
- 80 mLamp post outside 22 Great College StreetGrade II
- 85 mOrchard HouseGrade II
- 88 m11-14, Barton Street Sw1Grade II*
- 89 mLittle Deans YardGrade II
- 93 mChurch of St MatthewGrade II
- 93 mDean's YardGrade I
- 93 m8, Barton Street Sw1Grade II
- 94 m9 and 10, Barton Street Sw1Grade II*
- 97 mMary Sumner HouseGrade II
- 99 mSt Matthew's Clergy HouseGrade II
- 104 mNinth Church of Christ ScientistGrade II*
- 107 mLamp post outside 20 Great College StreetGrade II
- 109 mLittle Deans YardGrade I
- 110 m19, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
- 113 mLamp post outside 3 Barton StreetGrade II
- 114 mLamp post outside 8 Barton StreetGrade II
- 115 m19, Great College Street Sw1Grade II*
- 115 m1, Barton Street Sw1Grade II*
- 115 m3, Barton Street Sw1Grade II*
- 116 m4-6, Barton Street Sw1Grade II*
- 118 mDean's YardGrade II
- 119 mLittle Deans Yard (College of Westminster School)Grade I
- 122 m17 and 18, Great College StreetGrade II*
- 124 m18, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
- 125 m19,19a and 20, Broad Sanctuary Sw1Grade I
- 132 m1, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
- 132 m16 and 17, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
- 133 m16, Great College Street Sw1Grade II*
- 135 m2 and 3, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
- 135 mLittle Dean's Yard Ashburnham HouseGrade I
- 137 mLamp post outside 16 Great College StreetGrade II
- 138 mLamp post outside Tufton CourtGrade II
- 139 mLamp post outside 1 Cowley StreetGrade II
- 142 m15, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
- 145 m10 Lamp Standards Round Central Green of Dean's YardGrade II
- 146 mThe Great Cloisters,including St Faiths Chapel,the Chapter House,the Parlour,numbers 1 and 2 the Cloisters,the Dark Cloisters and Dormitory With the Chapel of St Dunstan (School and Busby Library)Grade I
- 147 m4, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II
- 147 m14, Cowley Street Sw1Grade II*
- 148 mAbbey (Canons') Garden 4 StatuesGrade II
- 149 mNorth House and Gayfere House Including 22 and 23 Gayfere StreetGrade II
- 150 mMillicent Fawcett HallGrade II
Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in February 2021, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
- Council
- Westminster
- Application type
- Advert Application (ADV)
- Postcode
- SW1P 3AZ
- Received
- 5 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 26 Aug 2026
- Ward
- St James's
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 21 Oct 2026
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Decision date
- 29 Sept 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 34 days from validation, 6 days faster than Westminster's median of 40 for signs and adverts. Refused, as 17% of signs and adverts here are.
Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by Westminster in the last twelve months, from validation. Westminster decision record →
Public comments
No public comments yet.
Last counted 4 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-15112563
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-15112563
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Nearby activity
Westminster is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #258 out of 296. Only 28% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Westminster is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 81% approved vs 90% nationally.
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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