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2025/1446/A - Advertisement Consent Approved
Signs & adverts

Proposal

Display of 1 x non-illuminated hanging sign at 1st floor level and 1 x non-illuminated fascia sign on ground floor shopfront. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
2 Apr 2025
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Approved
28 May 2025
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Appeal dismissed
9 Jul 2026

Approved on 28 May 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 11

63 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 53-59 Monmouth Street, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 63 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Seven Dials (Covent Garden) conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Article 4 direction
Basements. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Archaeological priority area
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
Air quality management area: Camden AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Town centre: West End
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
National infrastructure project about 481 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is about 481 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, about 123 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Central activities zone
The core of central London in the London Plan.
Offices, culture and the other strategic functions of the centre take priority over new housing here.
Also on the record
Inside the Camden built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Designated open space about 34 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 14 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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.

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Important details

Council
Camden
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Postcode
WC2H 9DG
Received
2 Apr 2025
Validated
2 Apr 2025
Ward
Holborn and Covent Garden
Case officer
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Decision
Granted
Decision date
28 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Appeal
Dismissed · 9 Jul 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6002221 ↗
Applicant
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Agent
Monmouth Planning Ltd
Leaseholder
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 5 days slower than Camden's median of 51 for signs and adverts. Approved, as 87% of signs and adverts here are.

59%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
8%go to committee

Plota live figures for signs and adverts decided by Camden in the last twelve months, from validation. Camden decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
4 May 2025

Historical activity at this location

29 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2021 Approved
Installation of a magnetic lock to the street gates
2021/1216/L
2020 Approved
Installation of a magnetic lock to the street gates
2020/5938/L
2020 Approved
Display of 1 x non-illuminated projecting sign.
2020/4257/A
2020 Approved
Display of 1 x non-illuminated projecting sign.
2020/4253/L
Within ~100m

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Camden
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#231 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Camden is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #242 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Camden decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #149 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #215 of 296
49%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #242 of 296
41%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #158 of 296
90%
Minor dwellings approved
467 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
10 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
46 decided
1,973
Total decisions
234 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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