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53-54 Berwick Street London W1F 8SJ

23/04861/LBCListed Building Consent ApplicationApproved
Listed building consent

Approved on 9 October 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of signs comprising of 1 no. fascia sign and 1 no. projecting sign.

Received
14 July 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
2
Ward
West End
  1. Received14 Jul
  2. Validated14 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target8 Sep
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 87 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for signage at 53-54 Berwick Street London W1F 8SJ. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 87 days, 5 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Soho conservation area, with 17 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 484 applications across West End. We hold 413 applications in total for the W1F postcode area.

93% of heritage 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
W1F 8SJ
Application type
Listed Building Consent Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 July 2023
Consultation expiry
30 August 2023
Target decision date
8 September 2023
Decision issued
11 October 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Firstplan
Agent address
Broadwall House 21 Broadwall London SE1 9PL

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Last advertised
9 August 2023
Advertisement expiry
30 August 2023
Site notice start
27 July 2023
Site notice end
17 August 2023

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12315206
Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: SohoPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 133-135, Oxford StreetOn this site · +3 more
  • 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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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    14 Jul

    Installation of signs comprising of 1 no. fascia sign and 1 no. projecting sign.

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent23/04861/LBC
  2. 2023
    14 Jul

    Display of one externally illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.425m x 1.064m and one externally illuminated…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside23/04862/ADV

Source: Westminster

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