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4 Portwall Lane Bristol BS1 6NB

25/13913/AAdvertisementApproved
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Approved on 7 November 2025

Council decision: GRANTED subject to condition(s)Delegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Replace the existing tagline signage, which currently reads as "Powering world-class educational research", with new non-illuminated tagline signage reading "For the future of education and research".

Received
8 September 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
  1. Received8 Sep
  2. Validated2 Oct
  3. Consult.6 Nov
  4. Target27 Nov
  5. Decided7 Nov

Decided in 36 days (council typically 42)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 4 Portwall Lane Bristol BS1 6NB. Bristol has handled 343 applications of this type. This one was decided in 60 days, 3 weeks longer than Bristol's typical decision time. The site is in the Redcliffe conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 138 applications across Central. We hold 881 applications in total for the BS1 postcode area.

87% of advertising applications at Bristol City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 6 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
BS1 6NB
Application type
Advertisement
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Central, Clifton And Harbourside

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 October 2025
Consultation expiry
6 November 2025
Consultation end
6 November 2025
Target decision date
27 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice end
5 November 2025

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14309870
Documents
8
Constraints
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 3: High probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Redcliffe
  • Article 4 direction: Ashley Ward, Cabot Ward, Clifton East Ward, Cotham Ward and Lawrence Hill Ward (1999 ward…
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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