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The Londoner Hotel 38 Leicester Square London WC2H 7DX

25/03566/ADVAdvert Application (ADV)Approved
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Approved on 4 July 2025

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Proposal

Display of a Turtle Sculpture on utside the main entrance to The Londoner Hotel on Leicester Square measuring 1.4m X 1.12m for period between 13th July to 11th September.

Received
26 May 2025
Ward
St James's
Agent
PWLC Projects LLP
  1. Received26 May
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target21 Jul
  5. Decided4 Jul

Decided in 39 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at The Londoner Hotel 38 Leicester Square London WC2H 7DX. Westminster has handled 1,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 39 days, 10 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Leicester Square conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 478 applications in total for the WC2H 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
WC2H 7DX
Application type
Advert Application (ADV)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2025
Target decision date
21 July 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
PWLC Projects LLP
Agent address
Business Central 2 Union Square Central Park Darlington DL1 1GL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14043574
Comments
0
Documents
10

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Leicester Square
  • 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.

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