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42 Kingsway London WC2B 6EY

2024/1223/AAdvertisement ConsentAwaiting decision
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Display of 2 x halo illuminated fascia signs.

Received
27 March 2024
Decision due
25 June 2024
Ward
Holborn and Covent Garden
  1. Received27 Mar
  2. Validated30 Apr
  3. Consult.2 Jun
  4. Target25 Jun
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 2 June.

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About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 42 Kingsway London WC2B 6EY. Camden has handled 499 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 27 March 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Kingsway conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 338 applications across Holborn and Covent Garden. We hold 199 applications in total for the WC2B postcode area.

81% of advertising applications at London Borough of Camden were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WC2B 6EY
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Development type
All Others eg. adverts, aods, telecoms etc.
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 April 2024
Consultation start
9 May 2024
Last date for comments
2 June 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Kingsway
  • Listed building: Grade II: 40 and 42, KingswayOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Basements
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Camden

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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