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25/05620/ADV - Advert Application (ADV) Withdrawn
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Proposal

Display of painted mural public artwork measuring 11.4m x 17.1m for a five year period from 22 December 2025 to 22 December 2030. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Aug 2025
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Withdrawn
3 Oct 2025

Withdrawn on 3 Oct 2025 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 1 Nov 2026

Documents 11

Statements & assessments 1

PDF DESIGN STATEMENT Background Papers · 11 Aug 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 3

PDF LOCATION PLAN Location Plan · 11 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING MURAL - PLAN 001 Drawing · 11 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF EXTERNAL ELEVATIONS Drawing · 11 Aug 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 11 Aug 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 1

PDF OBJECTION Objection Comment · 18 Sept 2025 View ↗

Other documents 5

PDF ACK-GENERAL LETTER (G/P/C) Background Papers · 28 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF CNSLT-LA SOCIETY Background Papers · 28 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF CNSLT-LA SOCIETY Background Papers · 28 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION Other · 18 Aug 2025 View ↗ PDF WCC MERCER ARTWORK COVER LETTER AUG 25 Background Papers · 11 Aug 2025 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 430 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 430 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, 125 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 ↗
62 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Cambridge Theatre, Grade II, 24 m away · 62 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 Camden 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 1 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
Westminster
Application type
Advert Application (ADV)
Postcode
WC2H 9QE
Received
11 Aug 2025
Validated
11 Aug 2025
Ward
St James's
Case officer
Show
Target decision
6 Oct 2025
Decision
Application Withdrawn
Decision date
3 Oct 2025
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Agent
DP9 Limited

Public comments

4comments received
4 objecting

100% object · above the UK average of 74%

Last counted 1 Nov 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14242574
Planning Portal ref
PP-14242574
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Display of non illuminated public painted mural art measuring 11.4m x 15.1m.
25/07429/ADV
2020 Refused
Display of public art on the wall measuring 11.40m x 15.17m.
20/00226/ADV
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
23 Mercer Street London Camden WC2H 9QR
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2024 Approved
23 Mercer Street London WC2H 9QR
Excavation of the existing basement level, and removal and replacement of the existing li…
2024/4161/P
2024 Approved
2-3 Ching Court & 53-55 Monmouth Street London WC2H 9DG
Repair works to Ching Court entrance doorway.
2024/2844/L
2025
7A Langley Street London WC2H 9JA
Internal refurbishment and fit-out works to ground floor and first floor.
25/07893/LBC
2025 Approved
28 - 32 Shelton Street London WC2H 9JE
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25/05251/ADV
2025 Withdrawn
28 - 32 Shelton Street London WC2H 9JE
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2025
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2025
28 - 32 Shelton Street London WC2H 9JE
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25/06439/FULL
2025 Approved
121 Long Acre London WC2E 9PA
Display of two internally (letters only) illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.48m x 3.275m…
25/05891/ADV
2025
7A Langley Street London WC2H 9JA
Installation of service pipes and duct work, plant and associated step overs.
25/05880/FULL
2025
7A Langley Street London WC2H 9JA
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25/05881/LBC
2025 Approved
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2025
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Installation of a metalwork gate to the recessed entrance. (Linked with 25/02630/FULL)
25/02631/LBC
2025
7A Langley Street London WC2H 9JA
Installation of a metalwork gate to the recessed entrance. (Linked with 25/02631/LBC)
25/02630/FULL
2024 Approved
42 Monmouth Street London WC2H 9EP
Two small vents added to the shop for ventilation.
2024/3716/L
2024 Approved
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2022 Approved
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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