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26/00265/ADV - Advert Application (ADV) Approved
Signs & adverts

Proposal

Display of double-sided internally illuminated bus-stop digital advertisement screen measuring 2100 mm x 1338 mm x 245 mm. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
16 Jan 2026
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Approved
23 Mar 2026

Approved on 23 Mar 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Documents 13

Decision & officer reports 3

PDF GRANT OF ADVERT CONSENT [PE] Decision Notice · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 23 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF LEICESTER SQUARE STATION CHARING CROSS ROAD - DECISION NOTICE Background Papers · 16 Jan 2026 View ↗

Plans & drawings 1

PDF PLANNING PACK Drawing · 16 Jan 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 16 Jan 2026 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF TFL COMMENT Consultee Comment · 9 Mar 2026 View ↗ PDF ECNSLT-STD EXT CONSULTEES Background Papers · 19 Feb 2026 View ↗

Other documents 6

PDF ACK-GENERAL LETTER (G/P/C) Background Papers · 19 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF ECNSLT-INTERNAL CONSULTS Background Papers · 19 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION Other · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF TFL APPLICATION LETTER WESTMINSTER JAN 2026 Background Papers · 16 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF JCD COVERING LETTER WESTMINSTER Background Papers · 16 Jan 2026 View ↗ PDF APPENDIX A TFL ADVERTISED SHELTER SPECIFICATION Background Papers · 16 Jan 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

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 ↗
2 Article 4 directions
Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed · Article 4 Direction Class E To C3 In Central Activities Zone. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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: City of Westminster APA 1.2
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: Westminster 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 386 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 386 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, the site is inside its boundary).
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 ↗
54 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: The London Hippodrome, Crown Public House, and 7-10 Cranbourn Street, Grade II, 15 m away · 4 Grade II*, 50 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 ↗
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 City of Westminster built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (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 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.

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Important details

Council
Westminster
Application type
Advert Application (ADV)
Postcode
WC2H 0BS
Received
16 Jan 2026
Validated
16 Jan 2026
Ward
St James's
Case officer
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Target decision
13 Mar 2026
Decision
Application Permitted
Decision date
23 Mar 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
JCDecaux UK Ltd

How this decision compares

Decided in 66 days from validation, 25 days slower than Westminster's median of 41 for signs and adverts. Approved, as 83% of signs and adverts here are.

69%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
1,130decided in the last year

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

Public comments

1comment received
1 objecting

Last counted 23 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14629863
Planning Portal ref
PP-14629863
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2024
Display of double-sided internally illuminated bus-stop digital advertisement screen meas…
24/07434/ADV
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
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2025
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2025
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2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
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2025
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2025 Refused
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2025 Refused
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Westminster
Planning Authority Score
3.5/10
Below average
#221 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

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.

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
Westminster decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #201 of 296
81%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #277 of 296
44%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #258 of 296
28%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #46 of 296
83%
Minor dwellings approved
12 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
133 decided
4,602
Total decisions
648 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings