John Lewis 278-306 Oxford Street London W1C 1DX

23/07241/ADVAdvert Application (ADV)Approved

Advertisement consent

Approved on 3 November 2023

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)

Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Display of illuminated temporary external Christmas lights measuring 12.5m x 72m

Received: 18 October 2023
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: City of Westminster
Ward: West End

ReceivedReceived18 Oct
ValidatedValidated18 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date13 Dec
DecidedDecided3 Nov

Decided in 16 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at John Lewis 278-306 Oxford Street London W1C 1DX. Westminster has handled 1,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 5 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Harley Street conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 484 applications across West End. We hold 204 applications in total for the W1C 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.See what's approved near your address

Application details

Postcode: W1C 1DX
Application type: Advert Application (ADV)
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 18 October 2023
Target decision date: 13 December 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent: Montagu Evans
Agent address: 70 St Mary Axe London EC3A 8BE

Planning decision

Statutory period: 56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID: PP-12538192
Comments: 0
Documents: 8

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Harley Street
Listed building: Grade II*: Winged Figure, including plinth and applied letteringOn this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
Brownfield land register: Harcourt House 19A Cavendish Square London W1G 0PLRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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.

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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near W1C

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Nearby applications

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Consultants on this application

Montagu Evans LLP · Agent for this application

Contractors near this project

View all contractors

What's been approved on your street?

See what the council approved and refused near this address for the project you have in mind, and the rules that apply here.

Get The Signal Report