40, Wilton Place, SW1X 7RL
Approved on 23 October 2026
5 conditions
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Proposal
Display of Christmas festivity lights measuring 2.0m x 28.5m x 2.0m from the underside of the canopy of the Berkeley Hotel entrance on Wilton Place for a temporary period from 17 November 2026 until 17 February 2027.
- Submitted
- 14 October 2026
- Council
- City of Westminster
- ReceivedSubmitted14 Oct
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided23 Oct
Decided in 9 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a planning application at 40, Wilton Place, SW1X 7RL. Westminster has handled 571 applications of this type. This one was decided in 9 days, 6 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 173 applications across KBW_22. We hold 1,288 applications in total for the SW1X postcode area.
82% of consent to display an advertisement 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
- SW1X 7RL
- Application type
- Consent to display an advertisement
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: BelgraviaPart of the site
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
- Tree Preservation Order: Ref W228Protected tree on or next to this site · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)
flood storage areas, 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.
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- 202614 Oct
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Planning history at this site
8 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202627 Jan
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Installation of ground/1st floor glass roof covering to internal courtyard to create a winter warden.
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