17 - 19 Great Windmill Street London W1D 7JZ Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Display of LED digital display screen at fascia level, 1.15m in height wrapping around the Great Windmill Street, Archer Street and chamfered corner between, totalling 14.4m in length Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Refused on 1 Jun 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 11 Oct 2026
Documents 4
Decision & officer reports 2
Other documents 2
Site constraints 11
Show all 28 with distances
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- 55 m20-24, Shaftesbury AvenueGrade II
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- 109 m26, Rupert Street W1Grade II
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- 112 m22 and 24, Rupert Street W1Grade II
- 116 m12, Brewer Street W1Grade II
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- 146 m11, Golden Square W1Grade II*
Checked on 11 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.
Sales history 1
Last sold for £1,000,000 in June 2024. Other property, leasehold.
Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in May 2024, 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
- W1D 7JZ
- Received
- 24 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 24 Nov 2025
- Ward
- West End
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 19 Jan 2026
- Decision
- Application Refused
- Decision date
- 1 Jun 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated Decision
- Appeal
- Dismissed · 26 May 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6004542 ↗
- Agent
- Bidwells LLP
- Freehold owner
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 189 days from validation, 148 days slower than Westminster's median of 41 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 11 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14512916
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14512916
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
26 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.
Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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.
Freehold owner and leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.
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