John Lewis 278 - 306 Oxford Street London W1C 1DX

25/07842/ADVApproved

Approved on 14 November 2025

Council decision: Application Permitted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Display of internally illuminated temporary external Christmas lights measuring 12.5m (h) X 72m (w) for a temporary period.

Received: 29 October 2025
Council: City of Westminster

ReceivedReceived29 Oct
ValidatedValidated29 Oct
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided14 Nov

Decided in 16 days

About this application

This is a planning application at John Lewis 278 - 306 Oxford Street London W1C 1DX. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 16 days, 5 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Harley Street conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 204 applications in total for the W1C postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: W1C 1DX

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 October 2025

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Harley Street
Listed building: Grade II*: Winged Figure, including plinth and applied letteringOn this site
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
Brownfield land register: Harcourt House 19A Cavendish Square London W1G 0PLRegister 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.

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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© 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.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Planning history at this site

15 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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