Retail Unit 3 Tower Place East Tower Place London EC3R 5BT
Approved on 19 January 2021
Delegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of two internally illuminated projecting signs, and four externally illuminated fascia signs.
- Received
- 27 November 2020
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- City of London Corporation
- Ward
- Tower
- Agent
- evolve architecture limited
- ReceivedReceived27 Nov
- ValidatedValidated27 Nov
- Consult.Consultation21 Dec
- TargetTarget Date22 Jan
- DecidedDecided19 Jan
Decided in 53 days (council typically 77)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Retail Unit 3 Tower Place East Tower Place London EC3R 5BT. City of London has handled 531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 weeks quicker than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across Tower. We hold 471 applications in total for the EC3R postcode area.
93% of advertising applications at City of London Corporation were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 11 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- EC3R 5BT
- Application type
- Advertisement Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 27 November 2020
- Consultation expiry
- 21 December 2020
- Consultation start
- 7 December 2020
- Consultation end
- 21 December 2020
- Last date for comments
- 21 December 2020
- Target decision date
- 22 January 2021
- Committee meeting
- 19 January 2021
- Permission expires
- 19 January 2026
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- evolve architecture limited
- Architect profile
- EVOLVE ARCHITECTURE LIMITED
- Agent address
- Attn: Mr Richard Mercieca Unit 2-01 The Hive No.6 Beaufighter Road Weston Super Mare BS24 8EE UK
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-09291592
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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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