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The Market Covent Garden London WC2E 8RA

23/07100/FULLFull Planning Permission ApplicationApproved
Full

Approved on 15 January 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation and display of an internal festoon lighting scheme at the Market Building for a temporary period of five years.

Received
12 October 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
Agent
Gerald Eve LLP
  1. Received12 Oct
  2. Validated12 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target7 Dec
  5. Decided15 Jan

Decided in 95 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at The Market Covent Garden London WC2E 8RA. Westminster has handled 4,484 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 7 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Covent Garden conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 396 applications in total for the WC2E 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
WC2E 8RA
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 October 2023
Target decision date
7 December 2023
Permission expires
15 January 2029

Applicant and agent

Agent
Gerald Eve LLP
Agent address
One Fitzroy 6 Mortimer Street London W1T 3JJ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12433208
Comments
0
Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Covent Garden
  • Listed building: Grade II*: Covent Garden Market BuildingOn this site · +11 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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© 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
    12 Oct

    Installation and display of an internal festoon lighting scheme at the Market Building for a temporary period…

    This applicationApprovedFull23/07100/FULL
  2. 2023
    12 Oct

    Installation and display of an internal festoon lighting scheme at the Market Building for a temporary period…

    ApprovedListed building consentRelated23/07101/LBC

Source: Westminster

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