Victoria Street, London, SW1P 1QW
Approved on 25 September 2025
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Proposal
VBID - Westminster Cathedral Piazza Christmas Tree & Victoria Street Column Lights 2025
- Submitted
- 29 August 2025
- Council
- City of Westminster
- ReceivedSubmitted29 Aug
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided25 Sep
Decided in 27 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a planning application at Victoria Street, London, SW1P 1QW. Westminster has handled 571 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Westminster Cathedral conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 36 applications across VSW_22. We hold 1,248 applications in total for the SW1P postcode area.
82% of consent to display an advertisement 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
- SW1P 1QW
- Application type
- Consent to display an advertisement
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
- Conservation area: Westminster Cathedral
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref W44Protected tree on or next to this site
- Brownfield land register: Development Site At Bressenden Place Victoria Street Allington Street And Buckingham Pala…Register site at or near this address
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202624 Jul
Display of a 26ft Christmas tree with London Heritage Quarter branded base to Westminster Cathedral Piazza a…
ApprovedAdvertisement consent26/04973/ADV - 202625 Mar
Display of five freestanding exhibition totems measuring 2.1m x 1.00m for temporary period from 1 April 2026…
ApprovedAdvertisement consent26/01947/ADV - 202516 Oct
Display of five freestanding exhibition totems measuring 2.1m x 1.00m within Cathedral Piazza, Westminster…
ApprovedAdvertisement consent25/07485/ADV - 202514 Apr
Variation of condition 4 of planning permission dated 30 June 2023 (RN: 23/02958/TCH
ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)25/02191/FULL
Source: Westminster
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