Planning application
Devon House 171 - 177 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PQ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Display of Christmas decorations for temporary periods between 26 November 2025 until 04 January 2026
As published by the council, reference 25/09149/ADV
Application record
- Reference
- 25/09149/ADV
- Type
- Advert Application (ADV)
- Status
- Pending
- Received
- 18 Dec 2025
- Validated
- 13 Jan 2026
- Ward
- West End
- Postcode
- W1W 5PQ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Westminster register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.
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25/09027/ADFULL Granted
Devon House 171 - 177 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PQ
Detailed drawings of new shopfront including doors and new plant enclosure at main roof level pursuant to condition 8 of planning permission dated the 25th February 2025 (RN:24/07574/FULL).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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18 Dec 2025
Received by Westminster
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13 Jan 2026
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 10 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.
Westminster took a median of 66 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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5plus Architects Ltd Agent, an architecture practice
21 applications on PlanIndex · across 4 councils · 100% granted
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
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About advertisement consent applications
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Devon House 171 - 177 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PQ
Detailed drawings of new shopfront including doors and new plant enclosure at main roof level pursuant to condition 8 of planning permission dated the 25th February 2025 (RN:24/07574/FULL).
Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 7 docs -
167 - 169 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PA
External works comprising alterations to ground floor entrance and shopfront including installation of electrical substation at ground floor level; installation of plant equipment at roof level; and associated works [RE-CONSULTATION: description of development updated to clarify that there is an electrical sub-station included in the proposals. Proposals are unchanged.]
Refused Full applications Windows or glazing 28 docs -
167 - 169 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PA
External works comprising alterations to ground floor entrance and shopfront including installation of electrical substation at ground floor level; installation of plant equipment at roof level.
Granted Full applications Windows or glazing 32 docs -
167 - 169 Great Portland Street London W1W 5PA
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Decided Advertising 20 docs -
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Details of the ways in which you will protect the street trees adjacent to the application site on Hallam Street pursuant to condition 10 of planning permission dated 19th November 2025 (RN:25/02173).
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