Unit 8 Royal Opera House Covent Garden London WC2E 9DD
Approved on 16 April 2026
Proposal
Installation of two illuminated signs within shop window measuring 1339mm X 300mm and two small illuminated internal plinth signs measuring 370mm x 42mm.
- Received
- 25 March 2026
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- ReceivedReceived25 Mar
- ValidatedValidated25 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date20 May
- DecidedDecided16 Apr
Decided in 22 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Unit 8 Royal Opera House Covent Garden London WC2E 9DD. Westminster has handled 1,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 22 days, 4 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Covent Garden conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 475 applications across St James's. We hold 396 applications in total for the WC2E 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
- WC2E 9DD
- Application type
- Advert Application (ADV)
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 20 May 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Covent Garden
- 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.
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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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: Westminster
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