Piccadilly Circus London W1
Approved on 8 August 2023
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of a (daytime) mobile Ambassador information pod for a temporary period from 3rd August 2023 to 3rd September 2023.
- Received
- 21 June 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- West End
- ReceivedReceived21 Jun
- ValidatedValidated21 Jun
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date16 Aug
- DecidedDecided8 Aug
Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Piccadilly Circus London W1. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days. The site is in the Regent Street conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across West End.
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
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 June 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 2 August 2023
- Target decision date
- 16 August 2023
- Permission expires
- 3 September 2023
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 12 July 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 2 August 2023
- Site notice start
- 30 June 2023
- Site notice end
- 21 July 2023
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12255058
- Documents
- 18
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Regent Street
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
- 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.
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