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Great Portland Street London

25/05111/ADVAdvert Application (ADV)Approved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 9 October 2025

Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Proposal

Display of illuminated Christmas lighting displays measuring 1m x 1m attached to lamp-posts along Great Portland Street for a temporary period from 13th December 2025 to 17th January 2026

Received
23 July 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
West End
Agent
The Fitzrovia Partnership BIDs
  1. Received23 Jul
  2. Validated8 Aug
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Oct
  5. Decided9 Oct

Decided in 62 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Great Portland Street London. Westminster has handled 1,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 78 days, 4 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Harley Street conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 484 applications across West End.

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

Application type
Advert Application (ADV)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 August 2025
Target decision date
3 October 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
The Fitzrovia Partnership BIDs
Agent address
175-176 Tottenham Court Road London W1T7NX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14124926
Documents
18

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: Harley Street
  • Listed building: Grade II: 126, Great Portland Street W1On or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • 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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