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Basement And Ground Floor 118 - 120 Shaftesbury Avenue London W1D 5EP

26/02796/ADVAdvert Application (ADV)Approved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 22 May 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Display of two internally illuminated fascia signs measuring 0.8m x 0.9m and 0.4m x 2.9m; and two internally illuminated projecting signs measuring 0.5m x 0.5m.

Received
27 April 2026
Ward
St James's
Agent
ILI Architects Limited
  1. Received27 Apr
  2. Validated8 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target3 Jul
  5. Decided22 May

Decided in 14 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Basement And Ground Floor 118 - 120 Shaftesbury Avenue London W1D 5EP. Westminster has handled 1,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 3 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Chinatown conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 436 applications in total for the W1D 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
W1D 5EP
Application type
Advert Application (ADV)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
8 May 2026
Target decision date
3 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
ILI Architects Limited
Architect profile
ILI ARCHITECTS LIMITED
Agent address
Studio 320 Netil Corner 2 Bocking Street London E8 4RU

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14864585
Comments
0
Documents
12

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Chinatown
  • Listed building: Grade II: 2, Gerrard Place W1On or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 1 Gerrard Place London W1D 5PARegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 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.

© 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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