South West Wing Bush House Strand London WC2B 4RD

26/04749/ADVRefused

Refused on 28 July 2026

Council decision: Application Refused

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Display of a non-illuminated scaffold wrap measuring 10.5m x 17.5m for a temporary period from 01 September 2026 to 01 December 2027.

Received: 16 July 2026
Council: City of Westminster

ReceivedReceived16 Jul
ValidatedValidated17 Jul
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided28 Jul

Decided in 11 days

About this application

This is a planning application at South West Wing Bush House Strand London WC2B 4RD. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 11 days, 5 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Strand conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 14 other applications at this address. We hold 199 applications in total for the WC2B postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: WC2B 4RD

Planning application dates

Date validated: 17 July 2026

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Strand
Listed building: India House Aldwych London WC2B 4NAOn or next to 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 (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.

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.

Planning history at this site

19 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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