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Tennyson House 159 - 165 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PA

26/00831/ADVAdvert Application (ADV)Refused
Advertisement consent

Refused on 29 April 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Display of a non-illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.35m x 1.57m and one non-illuminated hanging sign to no.161 measuring 0.43m x 0.43m.

Received
11 February 2026
Ward
West End
Agent
Ink studio Designs
  1. Received11 Feb
  2. Validated2 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target27 Apr
  5. Decided29 Apr

Decided in 58 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Tennyson House 159 - 165 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PA. Westminster has handled 1,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Harley Street conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 484 applications across West End. We hold 251 applications in total for the W1W 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
W1W 5PA
Application type
Advert Application (ADV)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 March 2026
Target decision date
27 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Ink studio Designs
Agent address
21 Ellis Street London London SW1X 9AL United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14693912
Comments
0
Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Harley Street
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

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, 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

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

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