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56 Upper Montagu Street London W1H 1SN

04/08530/AD7Advert Application-Regulat. 7 Area (AD7)Approved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 22 November 2004

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Display for a temporary period of six months of a non-illuminated 'to let' board attached to the railings in front of the building at street level and measuring 0.6 x 0.45m.

Received
29 October 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bryanston And Dorset Square
  1. Received29 Oct
  2. Validated29 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Dec
  5. Decided22 Nov

Decided in 24 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 56 Upper Montagu Street London W1H 1SN. Westminster has handled 1,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 4 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Portman Estate conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 896 applications in total for the W1H postcode area.

87% of advertising 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
W1H 1SN
Application type
Advert Application-Regulat. 7 Area (AD7)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 October 2004
Target decision date
23 December 2004
Committee meeting
22 November 2004

Applicant and agent

Agent address
16 Kingsley Road Pinner HA5 5RB

Planning decision

Statutory period
55 days

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: Portman Estate
  • Listed building: Grade II: 54, Upper Montagu Street W1On or next to this site · +2 more
  • 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

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© 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: Westminster

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