Planning application
Royal Festival Hall, Unit 8 South Bank London Lambeth SE1 8XX
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Proposal
Installation of signage relating to Unit 8 at the Southbank Centre.
As published by the council, reference 26/02249/ADV
Application record
- Reference
- 26/02249/ADV
- Type
- Advertisement Consent
- Status
- Awaiting decision
- Received
- 4 Aug 2026
- Validated
- 4 Aug 2026
- Ward
- Waterloo & South Bank
- Postcode
- SE1 8XX
Comment by 28 September 2026
The council is taking comments on this application until then. Have your say on Lambeth's portal.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Aug 2026
Received by Lambeth
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15 Sep 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 29 September 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Lambeth took a median of 56 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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This application is with Lambeth for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Lambeth decided advertisement consent applications in a median of 63 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.
About advertisement consent applications
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