1 Bear Street London WC2H 7DZ

26/00121/ADVApproved

Approved on 22 January 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Display of externally illuminated advertisement panel measuring 2.85m high and 3.35m wide, 2.50m high and 2.60m wide and 2.60m high and 2.60m wide.

Received: 9 January 2026
Council: City of Westminster

ReceivedReceived9 Jan
ValidatedValidated9 Jan
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided22 Jan

Decided in 13 days

About this application

This is a planning application for signage at 1 Bear Street London WC2H 7DZ. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 13 days, 5 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Leicester Square conservation area, with 14 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 478 applications in total for the WC2H postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: WC2H 7DZ

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 January 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site

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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
Brownfield land register: 1-4 Bear Street And 47-48 Cranbourn Street London WC2H 7ARRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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 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.

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.

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.

Planning history at this site

16 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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