Planning Application for 26 King Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8HN. Westminster (26/03443/LBC)

About this application

This is a planning application for signage at 26 King Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8HN. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Covent Garden conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 396 applications in total for the WC2E postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: WC2E 8HN

Planning application dates

Date validated: 3 June 2026

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Covent Garden
Listed building: Grade II: 26, King Street Wc2On this site · +3 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
Brownfield land register: Garrick House 27 - 32 King Street Covent Garden London WC2E 8JDRegister site at or near this address
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.

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

2026
3 Jun
Display of an externally illuminated projecting sign measuring 0.8m x 0.8m; a non-illuminated brass sign…
ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside26/03442/ADV
2026
3 Jun
Installation of signage and awnings.
This applicationApprovedListed building consent26/03443/LBC

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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

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