Somerset House Strand London WC2R 1LA
Approved on 23 May 2024
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of eight 7m high flag poles with flags measuring 0.9m x 3.6m for a temporary period from 24 May 2024 until 3 June 2024.
- Received
- 15 March 2024
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- ReceivedReceived15 Mar
- ValidatedValidated28 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date23 May
- DecidedDecided23 May
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Somerset House Strand London WC2R 1LA. Westminster has handled 1,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 3 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Strand conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 186 applications in total for the WC2R 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).
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Application details
- Postcode
- WC2R 1LA
- Application type
- Advert Application (ADV)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 March 2024
- Target decision date
- 23 May 2024
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- CSM LIve
- Agent address
- Faraday House Faraday Way Orpington BR5 3QT United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-12884786
- Documents
- 25
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Strand
- Listed building: North Wing Courtauld Institute Of Art Somerset House Strand London WC2E 7EAOn or next to this site
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.
Planning history at this site
5 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20269 Jul
Details of a sample of glass with the thermal film applied pursuant to condition 4 of listed building consent…
ApprovedListed building consent26/04598/ADLBC - 202620 Mar
Replacement window louvre and two additional window louvres in the southwest service yard. (Linked with…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission Application26/01833/FULL - 202620 Mar
Replacement window louvre and two additional window louvres in the southwest service yard. Internal and…
ApprovedListed building consent26/01834/LBC - 202617 Feb
Installation of external lighting fixtures to North West elevation, Lancaster Place elevation, Embankment…
ApprovedListed building consent26/00997/LBC - 202617 Feb
Installation of external lighting fixtures to North West elevation, Lancaster Place elevation, Embankment…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission Application26/00996/FULL
Source: Westminster
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