112-115 Long Acre, London WC2E 9PA Data via plota.co.uk
25/05324/ADV - Advert Application (ADV)
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Received
30 Jul 2025
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Validated
7 Aug 2025
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Approved
7 Aug 2025
Approved on 7 Aug 2025 · Last checked 31 Oct 2026
Associated applications 2
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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.
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
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 about 359 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is about 359 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, about 103 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.
62 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 116, Long Acre Wc2, Grade II, about 20 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 3 Grade II*, 58 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.
Show all 62 with distances
- 20 m116, Long Acre Wc2Grade II
- 22 m30 and 31, Long Acre Wc2Grade II
- 23 m6 and 8, Mercer Street Wc2Grade II
- 30 m3 and 5, Mercer Street Wc2Grade II
- 33 mLamp post outside 8 Mercer StreetGrade II
- 42 m6, Langley Street Wc2Grade II
- 50 mYard Premises to Rear of Numbers 22 and 23Grade II
- 54 m7 and 8, Langley Street Wc2Grade II
- 66 mCovent Garden Underground StationGrade II
- 72 m12, Floral Street Wc2Grade II
- 77 m24 and 26, Shelton Street Wc2Grade II
- 78 m3-7, Neal Street Wc2Grade II
- 79 m37, King Street Wc2Grade II*
- 86 mStanford'sGrade II
- 89 m38, King Street Wc2Grade II
- 90 m36, King Street Wc2Grade II
- 95 m40, King Street Wc2Grade II
- 96 mCambridge TheatreGrade II
- 96 mSeven Dials WarehouseGrade II
- 96 m41 and 42, King Street Wc2Grade II
- 98 m17 and 19, Neal Street Wc2Grade II
- 100 m19 Mercer Street and 21 Shelton StreetGrade II
- 100 m34, SHELTON STREET WC2 (See details for further address information)Grade II
- 100 m27 and 28 King StreetGrade II
- 103 m15, 17 and 19 Shelton StreetGrade II
- 104 m28, James Street Wc2Grade II
- 104 m43, King Street Wc2Grade II*
- 105 mNag's Head Public HouseGrade II
- 106 m31 and 32, King Street Wc2Grade II
- 107 m33, King Street Wc2Grade II
- 108 m11 and 13 Shelton StreetGrade II
- 108 m48-52, Long Acre Wc2Grade II
- 110 m21 Mercer StreetGrade II
- 110 mThe Lamb and Flag Public HouseGrade II
- 115 m23 Mercer StreetGrade II
- 115 mRoyal Opera HouseGrade I
- 116 m14, Garrick Street Wc2Grade II
- 118 m36, 38 and 40, Earlham StreetGrade II
- 119 mThe Piazza, Bedford ChambersGrade II
- 120 m25 and 27 Mercer StreetGrade II
- 120 m29 and 30, King Street Wc2Grade II
- 122 m63 Monmouth StreetGrade II
- 122 m65-71 Monmouth Street and attached rear drum forming the southern point of Ching CourtGrade II
- 124 m61 Monmouth StreetGrade II
- 125 m53-59 Monmouth StreetGrade II
- 129 m26, King Street Wc2Grade II
- 130 m45-51 Monmouth Street and 29-31 Mercer StreetGrade II
- 132 mThe Crafts CentreGrade II
- 138 mGuild House (South Wing)Grade II
- 141 m42-48, Monmouth StreetGrade II
- 141 m27, Neal StreetGrade II
- 142 mSix lamp posts, numbered 1 to 6Grade II
- 142 m8, King StreetGrade II
- 144 mNorth WingGrade II
- 145 mLamp post on the corner of Garrick Street and Rose StreetGrade II
- 145 m29, Neal StreetGrade II
- 147 mSt Martins TheatreGrade II
- 148 mTwo K6 telephone kiosks at the south end of James Street on the edge of Covent GardenGrade II
- 149 m2, Shorts GardensGrade II
- 149 m46 and 47, Floral Street Wc2Grade II
- 149 m14, King Street Wc2Grade II
- 150 mCovent Garden Market BuildingGrade II*
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 1 November 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. 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
- WC2E 9PA
- Received
- 30 Jul 2025
- Validated
- 7 Aug 2025
- Case officer
- Show
- Target decision
- 2 Oct 2025
- Decision
- Not required
- Decision date
- 7 Aug 2025
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Blass Design LLP
How this decision compares
Decided in 0 days from validation, 42 days faster than Westminster's median of 42 for signs and adverts. Approved, as 83% of signs and adverts here are.
This one0d
Council42d
UK55d
67%decided within 8 weeks
83%approved
1,207decided 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
No public comments yet.
Last counted 31 Oct 2026
Consultation & key dates
- Alt. reference
- PP-14217783
- Planning Portal ref
- PP-14217783
- Env. assessment
- No
Historical activity at this location
25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
Within ~100m
Nearby activity
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Internal refurbishment and fit-out works to ground floor and first floor.
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Installation of replacement plant equipment at roof level of 14 Floral Street.
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28 - 32 Shelton Street London WC2H 9JE
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Withdrawn
28 - 32 Shelton Street London WC2H 9JE
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18 Mercer Street London WC2H 9QE
Display of non illuminated public painted mural art measuring 11.4m x 15.1m.
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9 - 10 Floral Street London WC2E 9HW
Use of the building as commercial, business and service (Class E); external alternations…
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28 - 32 Shelton Street London WC2H 9JE
Installation of eight screen-printed mirrors/panels as public art on Mercers Walk East fa…
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121 Long Acre London WC2E 9PA
Display of two internally (letters only) illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.48m x 3.275m…
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Approved
112 - 115 Long Acre London WC2E 9NT
Display of one non illuminated projecting sign measuring 0.4m x 0.5m to Langley Street an…
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1 Neal Street London WC2H 9PU
Alterations to office entrance including installation of projecting canopy.
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7A Langley Street London WC2H 9JA
Installation of service pipes and duct work, plant and associated step overs.
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Alterations to office entrance including installation of projecting canopy.
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Display of two internally illuminated 'face-lit' fascia signs (one on Long Acre and one o…
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First Floor 116 Long Acre London WC2E 9PA
Internal works in connection with use of first floor for residential purposes.
2022
First Floor 116 Long Acre London WC2E 9PA
Use of first floor as residential.
2022
Approved
30 - 31 Long Acre London WC2E 9LA
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Westminster
Planning Authority Score
3.5/10
Below average
#221 of 296 councils
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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
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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
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