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Whitehall Gardens London SW1A 2ET

26/01583/ADVAdvert Application (ADV)Approved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 23 April 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Display of Lioness sculpture for the Pride in the Quarter Trail for a temporary period between 1 June 2026 and 10 August 2026.

Received
11 March 2026
Ward
St James's
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided23 Apr

Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Whitehall Gardens London SW1A 2ET. Westminster has handled 1,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 43 days, 6 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Whitehall conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 475 applications across St James's. We hold 1,263 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 2ET
Application type
Advert Application (ADV)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2026
Target decision date
6 May 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
We Are Placemaking
Agent address
06-101 Shoreditch Exchange 97-101 Hackney Road London E28JF United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14772632
Comments
0
Documents
3

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, tree preservation orders, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, 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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