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297 Oxford Street London W1C 2DY

26/00971/ADVAdvert Application (ADV)Approved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 7 April 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Display of an internally illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.221m x 2.5m; an internally illuminated projecting sign measuring 0.6m x 0.6m; and an internally illuminated lightbox measuring 1.2m x 1.2m. [Linked to 26/00970/FULL]

Received
16 February 2026
Ward
West End
Agent
McMillan-Aided Design
  1. Received16 Feb
  2. Validated16 Feb
  3. Consult.
  4. Target13 Apr
  5. Decided7 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 297 Oxford Street London W1C 2DY. Westminster has handled 1,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. The site is in the Mayfair conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 484 applications across West End. We hold 204 applications in total for the W1C 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
W1C 2DY
Application type
Advert Application (ADV)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
16 February 2026
Target decision date
13 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
McMillan-Aided Design
Architect profile
MCMILLAN-AIDED DESIGN LTD.
Agent address
83A Craigend Road Cumbernauld Cumbernauld Glasgow G67 4JX United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14709425
Comments
0
Documents
17

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Mayfair
  • Listed building: Grade II: 16, Hanover Square W1On or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    16 Feb

    Installation of new shopfront.

    ApprovedApplicationPart of26/00970/FULL
  2. 2026
    16 Feb

    Display of an internally illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.221m x 2.5m; an internally illuminated…

    This applicationApprovedAdvertisement consent26/00971/ADV

Source: Westminster

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

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