The Market Covent Garden London WC2E 8RA

26/04206/ADVAdvertisingApproved

Advertisement consent

Approved on 9 July 2026

Council decision: Application Permitted

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Display of 25 hanging paper sculptures within the Market Building for a temporary period of three months to celebrate the Royal Ballet School's centenary from 22 June 2026 - 30 September 2026.

Received: 25 June 2026
Council: City of Westminster

ReceivedReceived25 Jun
ValidatedValidated29 Jun
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided9 Jul

Decided in 10 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at The Market Covent Garden London WC2E 8RA. Westminster has handled 1,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 10 days, 6 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Covent Garden conservation area, with 20 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 478 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 8RA
Application type: Advertising
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 29 June 2026

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Covent Garden
Listed building: Grade II*: Covent Garden Market BuildingOn 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.

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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.

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6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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