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Noel Coward Theatre 85 - 89 St Martin's Lane London WC2N 4AU

24/03090/ADVAdvert Application (ADV)Approved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 20 June 2024

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Display of an internally illuminated fascia sign with individual neon lettering measuring 10.6m x 0.4m for a temporary period from 29 June 2024 to 21 September 2024.

Received
10 May 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
  1. Received10 May
  2. Validated10 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target5 Jul
  5. Decided20 Jun

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Noel Coward Theatre 85 - 89 St Martin's Lane London WC2N 4AU. Westminster has handled 1,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Covent Garden conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 300 applications in total for the WC2N 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
WC2N 4AU
Application type
Advert Application (ADV)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 May 2024
Target decision date
5 July 2024
Permission expires
21 September 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-13055009
Comments
0
Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Covent Garden
  • Listed building: Grade II: The AlberyOn 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 (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.

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.

Source: Westminster

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