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25/03440/ADV - Advertisement Consent Refused

Proposal

Display of an internally illuminated, double-sided sequential LCD digital panel supporting static and dynamic content with automatic image rotation. Data via plota.co.uk

View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
3 Nov 2025
✗
Refused
15 Jan 2026
✗
Appeal dismissed
11 Jun 2026

Refused on 15 Jan 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 8 Oct 2026

Site constraints 8

Archaeological priority area: Line of Stane Street, the Roman Road linking London and Chichester
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: Lambeth 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: Clapham High Street
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.
Also on the record
Conservation area 47 m away: Clapham High Street; 4 listed buildings within 150 m; National infrastructure project 1587 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Inside the Lambeth built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6a (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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.

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Important details

Council
Lambeth
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Received
3 Nov 2025
Validated
3 Nov 2025
Ward
Clapham East
Case officer
Show
Target decision
16 Jan 2026
Decision
Refuse Permission
Decision date
15 Jan 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Appeal
Dismissed · 11 Jun 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6004201 ↗
Applicant
Show
Agent
JCDecaux UK Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 73 days from validation, 16 days slower than Lambeth's median of 57 for signs and adverts. Refused, as 25% of signs and adverts here are.

50%decided within 8 weeks
75%approved
199decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

6 neighbours consulted · Last counted 8 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
8 Dec 2025
Statutory expiry
29 Dec 2025
Env. assessment
No
Lambeth
Planning Authority Score
2.7/10
Poor
#242 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

Lambeth ranks #164 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. 47% of applications have the time limit extended, above the 41% national average. Lambeth is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 81% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 81% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Lambeth decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
78%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #274 of 296
81%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #273 of 296
62%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #164 of 296
47%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #209 of 296
46%
Minor dwellings approved
70 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
9 decided (10+ homes)
42%
Change of use approved
53 decided
1,784
Total decisions
396 refused in the year to March 2026