Skip to content

North Wing St Thomas' Hospital 249 Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7EH

25/03365/ADVAdvertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 22 December 2025

Council decision: Grant PermissionDelegated (officer decision)7 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Display of a flag on the existing flagpole on the roof of the North Wing at St Thomas' Hospital.

Received
27 October 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
3
Ward
Waterloo & South Bank
  1. Received27 Oct
  2. Validated27 Oct
  3. Consult.26 Nov
  4. Target22 Dec
  5. Decided22 Dec

Decided in 56 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at North Wing St Thomas' Hospital 249 Westminster Bridge Road London SE1 7EH. Lambeth has handled 80 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days. The site is in the Albert Embankment conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 114 applications across Waterloo & South Bank. We hold 2,755 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode
SE1 7EH
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 October 2025
Consultation expiry
22 December 2025
Consultation end
26 November 2025
Neighbour consultation end
22 December 2025
Target decision date
22 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
WSP
Agent address
70 Chancery Lane City of London London WC2A 1AF United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Advertisement expiry
28 November 2025
Site notice end
28 November 2025

Additional information

Documents
11
Constraints
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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: Lambeth

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

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near SE1

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

For applicants and trades

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report