The South Bank Centre Belvedere Road London Lambeth SE1 8XX

23/02301/ADVAdvertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 18 September 2023

Council decision: Grant PermissionPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)

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Proposal

Temporary installation of signage consisting of graphic/artistic displays, any associated sponsorship displays, commercial displays and wayfinding signage in association with The Winter Event 2023 at Southbank Centre.

Received: 19 July 2023
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: London Borough of Lambeth
Ward: Waterloo & South Bank
Agent: The Planning Lab

ReceivedReceived19 Jul
ValidatedValidated19 Jul
Consult.Consultation14 Sep
TargetTarget Date13 Sep
DecidedDecided18 Sep

Decided in 61 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at The South Bank Centre Belvedere Road London Lambeth SE1 8XX. Lambeth has handled 80 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 5 days longer than Lambeth's typical decision time. The site is in the South Bank conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 22 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Waterloo & South Bank. We hold 2,756 applications in total for the SE1 postcode area.

63% of advertising applications at London Borough of Lambeth were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode: SE1 8XX
Application type: Advertisement Consent
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 19 July 2023
Consultation expiry: 14 September 2023
Consultation end: 14 September 2023
Neighbour consultation end: 18 August 2023
Target decision date: 13 September 2023
Committee meeting: 12 September 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: The Planning Lab
Agent address: Somerset House South Wing London WC2R 1LA

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry: 25 August 2023
Site notice end: 25 August 2023

Additional information

Comments: 0
Documents: 45
Constraints: 19

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: South Bank
Listed building: Grade II: Bust of Nelson Mandela, Royal Festival Hall, LondonOn this site · +5 more
Article 4 direction: Modified Direction 1 - CAZPart of the site
Tree Preservation Order: Ref 170Part of the site · +1 more

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.

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Planning history at this site

20 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Lambeth

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