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Basement And Ground Floor 35 Whitehall London SW1A 2BX

25/07667/ADVAdvert Application (ADV)Approved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 7 November 2025

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Display of one externally illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.9m x 5.34m and one externally illuminated projecting sign measuring 0.6m x 0.7m.

Received
23 October 2025
Ward
St James's
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated23 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target18 Dec
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 15 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Basement And Ground Floor 35 Whitehall London SW1A 2BX. Westminster has handled 1,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 5 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 13 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 1,261 applications in total for the SW1A 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
SW1A 2BX
Application type
Advert Application (ADV)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 October 2025
Target decision date
18 December 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
AK Contracts
Agent address
3 Kingsway Mews, Kingsway Westcliff-on-Sea Essex SS0 9XW

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14428272
Comments
0
Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)
  • Conservation area: Trafalgar Square
  • Listed building: Grade II: Old Shades Public HouseOn or next to this site · +3 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
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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