A 'family' of jelly baby sculptures is to take up residence at London's Marble Arch after planning permission was granted by Westminster City Council (WCC).

The largest of sculptor Mauro Perucchetti's Jelly Baby Family will stand at 3.2m (10.5ft) tall and the instalment will form part of the council's City of Sculpture Festival. More than 60 works of art will take their place at a range of locations as part of the festival, which is backed by galleries such as Halcyon - the gallery supplying the jelly baby sculptures.

Robert Davis, chair of WCC's planning applications sub committee, said: "Marble Arch was for too long a forgotten landmark, but now stands proud as a gateway to the West End and is a destination in its own right. "It may be fun, but there's also a serious side as attracting visitors is crucial to driving the economic recovery and 300,000 jobs in the West End are reliant on them."