Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN

25/00559/FULLFull planning permissionApproved

Full

Approved on 20 March 2025

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Proposal

Installation of a CCTV camera attached to surface mounted digital screen adjacent to the entrance on Orange Street

Submitted: 12 February 2025
Council: City of Westminster

ReceivedSubmitted12 Feb
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided20 Mar

Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application at Trafalgar Square, WC2N 5DN. Westminster has handled 804 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 21 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 270 applications across SJW_22. We hold 300 applications in total for the WC2N postcode area.

84% of full planning permission 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 5DN
Application type: Full planning permission

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Trafalgar Square
Listed building: Grade I: National GalleryOn this site · +6 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
Brownfield land register: Hobhouse Court LondonRegister 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.

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Source: Westminster

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