45 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1BH
Withdrawn on 26 January 2026
Council decision: Withdrawn DecisionWithdrawn
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Proposal
Display of a scaffold shroud with 1:1 image of building to front and side elevations during a period of refurbishment and repair, including non-illuminated inset advertisement panel (5.8m wide x 3m high) located on New Oxford Street elevation, for a temporary period from 18/11/2025 until 21/08/2026.
- Received
- 1 September 2025
- Decision level
- Withdrawn
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Holborn and Covent Garden
- ReceivedReceived1 Sep
- ValidatedValidated3 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided26 Jan
Decided in 145 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at 45 New Oxford Street London WC1A 1BH. Camden has handled 499 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 147 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 9 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 179 applications in total for the WC1A 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
- WC1A 1BH
- Application type
- Advertisement Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 September 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 17
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bloomsbury
- Listed building: Grade II: 43 and 45 New Oxford Street including 16 West Central StreetOn or next to this site · +2 more
- Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
- Brownfield land register: Selkirk House, 166 High Holborn, 1 Museum Street, 10-12 Museum Street, 35-41 New Oxford S…Register site at or near this address · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (19)
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 and heritage coasts.
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Source: Camden
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