Planning application
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7DZ
Still open. Anyone can comment while the consultation period runs, and comments go to the council rather than to us.
Proposal
Installation of louvres to ground floor frontages. (Sites include 1-4 Bear Street And 47-48 Cranbourn Street)
As published by the council, reference 26/00329/FULL
Application record
- Reference
- 26/00329/FULL
- Type
- Full Planning Permission Application
- Status
- Pending
- Received
- 20 Jan 2026
- Validated
- 20 Jan 2026
- Ward
- St James's
- Postcode
- WC2H 7DZ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Westminster register
This site has had 6 applications since 2025: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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26/02101/ADV Awaiting decision
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7DZ
Display of interchangeable externally illuminated advertisement panels on hoarding, six measuring 2.35m x 3.00m and three measuring 2.35m x 1.08m.
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26/01237/ADV Awaiting decision
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7DZ
Display of internally illuminated digital screen measuring 3.5m X 14m
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26/00121/ADV Granted
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7DZ
Display of externally illuminated advertisement panel measuring 2.85m high and 3.35m wide, 2.50m high and 2.60m wide and 2.60m high and 2.60m wide.
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26/00035/ADV Granted
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7DZ
Display of an externally illuminated advertisement panel measuring 3.5m x 14m.
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25/09352/ADFULL Granted
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7DZ
Details of secured by design scheme award pursuant to condition 15 of planning permission dated 5th August 2024 (RN: 24/00854/FULL).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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20 Jan 2026
Received by Westminster
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21 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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Decision
Awaiting decision
Decision expected by 17 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 91 days over the applications it decided in the last year.
Who's behind it
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SM Planning Ltd Agent, a planning consultancy
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Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
14 documents on file for this application
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Nearby applications
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1 Bear Street London WC2H 7DZ
Details of secured by design scheme award pursuant to condition 15 of planning permission dated 5th August 2024 (RN: 24/00854/FULL).
Granted Full applications 2 docs -
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7DZ
82% historically approved · decision due ~25 May
Display of interchangeable externally illuminated advertisement panels on hoarding, six measuring 2.35m x 3.00m and three measuring 2.35m x 1.08m.
Awaiting decision Advertising 11 docs -
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7DZ
Display of an externally illuminated advertisement panel measuring 3.5m x 14m.
Granted Advertising 3 docs -
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7DZ
82% historically approved · decision due ~23 Apr
Display of internally illuminated digital screen measuring 3.5m X 14m
Awaiting decision Advertising 9 docs -
1 Bear Street London WC2H 7DZ
Display of externally illuminated advertisement panel measuring 2.85m high and 3.35m wide, 2.50m high and 2.60m wide and 2.60m high and 2.60m wide.
Granted Advertising 8 docs -
39 Charing Cross Road London WC2H 0AR
Display of five internally illuminated LED screens, each measuring 0.87m x 52m, at high level ground, first, second, third and fourth floors on Charing Cross Road and Cranbourn Street frontages.
Refused Advertising 20 docs
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