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Open Space At Trafalgar Square London WC2N 5DS

04/08286/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 16 December 2004

Council decision: Application RefusedPlanning committee

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation of a statue of Nelson Mandela in the middle of the North Terrace.

Received
20 October 2004
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
St James's
  1. Received20 Oct
  2. Validated20 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target14 Dec
  5. Decided16 Dec

Decided in 57 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Open Space At Trafalgar Square London WC2N 5DS. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 57 days, 8 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 300 applications in total for the WC2N postcode area.

86% of full applications at City of Westminster were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WC2N 5DS
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 October 2004
Consultation expiry
3 December 2004
Target decision date
14 December 2004
Committee meeting
16 December 2004

Applicant and agent

Agent address
Old Church Court Claylands Road London SW8 1NZ

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

Publicity

Last advertised
12 November 2004
Advertisement expiry
3 December 2004
Site notice start
8 November 2004

Appeal

Appeal status
Appeal decided
Appeal result
Appeal Dismissed

Additional information

Comments
0
Documents
2

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: Trafalgar Square
  • Listed building: Grade II: National Westminster BankOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2004
    26 Oct

    Display of signage on hoarding.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside04/08454/ADV
  2. 2004
    20 Oct

    Installation of a statue of Nelson Mandela in the middle of the North Terrace.

    This applicationRefusedFull04/08286/FULL

Source: Westminster

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

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