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Parliament Square London SW1P 3JX

14/04975/FULLApplication for full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 22 July 2014

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Use of the public highway for a temporary period of 53 days from 10 July to 31 August 2014 for an 'Ambassador Information Pod'.

Received
27 May 2014
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received27 May
  2. Validated27 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target22 Jul
  5. Decided22 Jul

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Parliament Square London SW1P 3JX. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Abbey and Parliament Square conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 1,247 applications in total for the SW1P 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
SW1P 3JX
Application type
Application for full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 May 2014
Consultation expiry
4 July 2014
Target decision date
22 July 2014
Committee meeting
22 July 2014
Permission expires
31 August 2014

Applicant and agent

Agent
Greater London Authority
Agent address
City Hall No 2 Queens Walk Southwark London SE1 2AA

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
13 June 2014
Advertisement expiry
4 July 2014
Site notice start
9 June 2014
Site notice end
30 June 2014

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-03399321
Comments
0
Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

Source: Westminster

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