Basement And Ground Floor 40 Tavistock Street London WC2E 7PB Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Installation of new signage. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 23 Jul 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 24 Jul 2026
Documents 16
Decision & officer reports 2
Statements & assessments 2
Plans & drawings 6
Application forms 1
Other documents 5
Associated applications 2
- Installation of new signage.
Site constraints 10
Show the other 44 with distances
- 1 m15, Catherine Street Wc2Grade II
- 3 m34-38, Tavistock Street Wc2Grade II
- 5 mDuchess TheatreGrade II
- 15 m20-26, Wellington Street Wc2Grade II
- 20 m7 Lampstandards Numbered 1 to 7 (Consecutive)Grade II
- 21 m32, Tavistock Street Wc2Grade II
- 24 mNovello TheatreGrade II
- 25 m17, Exeter Street Wc2Grade II
- 27 m15, Tavistock Street Wc2Grade II
- 32 m13, Tavistock Street Wc2Grade II
- 36 m11, TAVISTOCK STREET WC2 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 40 m30, Wellington Street Wc2Grade II
- 45 mInveresk HouseGrade II
- 46 mThe Waldorf HotelGrade II
- 48 mThe Old Bell Public HouseGrade II
- 51 mTheatre Royal Drury Lane and Attached Sir Augustus Harris Memorial Drinking FountainGrade I
- 55 mLyceum TheatreGrade II*
- 57 m15 Exeter StreetGrade II
- 60 mLondon Transport MuseumGrade II
- 61 m38, Wellington StreetGrade II
- 70 m41 and 43, Wellington Street Wc2Grade II
- 78 mCharles H Fox Limited and Robert White and Sons Harper and Row LimitedGrade II
- 80 mSt Paul's Clergy HouseGrade II
- 84 mMarconi HouseGrade II
- 98 mLamp post outside 24 Russell StreetGrade II
- 99 mIndia HouseGrade II
- 102 m356-359, Strand Wc2Grade II
- 102 m355, Strand Wc2Grade II
- 103 m8, Russell Street Wc2Grade II
- 103 mThe Aldwych TheatreGrade II
- 104 mLamp post outside 9 Burleigh StreetGrade II
- 106 mLamp post opposite Theatre Royal, outside 29 Russell StreetGrade II
- 108 m20, TAVISTOCK STREET (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 113 mCrown Court Church (Church of Scotland)Grade II
- 113 mLamp post outside 4-6 Russell StreetGrade II
- 113 mRoyal Opera HouseGrade I
- 115 mThe Fortune TheatreGrade II
- 120 m12 Lampstandards Numbered 1 to 12 (Consecutive) From Outside Tower House on Both Sides of RoadGrade II
- 132 mJubilee HallGrade II
- 146 mLamp post outside 34-43 Russell StreetGrade II
- 146 m2-10, Tavistock Street Wc2Grade II*
- 147 mCovent Garden Market BuildingGrade II*
- 148 mBruce HouseGrade II
- 148 mSomerset House and King's College Old BuildingGrade I
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 November 2012, 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
- Listed Building Consent Application
- Postcode
- WC2E 7PB
- Received
- 9 Jun 2026
- Validated
- 9 Jun 2026
- Ward
- St James's
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 4 Aug 2026
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Decision date
- 23 Jul 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 44 days from validation, 12 days faster than Westminster's median of 56 for listed building works. Refused, as 10% of listed building works here are.
Plota live figures for listed building works decided by Westminster in the last twelve months, from validation. Westminster decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14999021
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14999021
- Comments by
- 22 Jul 2026
- Site or press notice
- 23 Jun 2026
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
28 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Previous applications at this address
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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