Trafalgar Buildings 1 - 3 Whitehall London SW1A 2DD

26/05876/ADVRefused

Refused on 8 September 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Display of printed scaffolding shroud incorporating 1:1 replica of building facade with 2x inset advertising areas measuring 10m x 6m for temporary period from 31 October 2026 until 01 April 2028.

Received: 27 August 2026
Council: City of Westminster

ReceivedReceived27 Aug
ValidatedValidated27 Aug
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided8 Sep

Decided in 12 days

About this application

This is a planning application at Trafalgar Buildings 1 - 3 Whitehall London SW1A 2DD. Westminster has handled 27,108 applications of this type. This one was decided in 12 days, 5 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Trafalgar Square conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 1,263 applications in total for the SW1A postcode area.

Application details

Postcode: SW1A 2DD

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 August 2026

Site constraints

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
Conservation area: Trafalgar Square
Listed building: Grade II: 3, Whitehall Sw1On this site · +1 more
Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
Brownfield land register: 49 Charing Cross London SW1A 2DXRegister site at or near this address

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.

Planning history at this site

7 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Westminster

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