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40 Furnival Street London EC4A 1JQ

23/00527/ADVTAdvertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 24 July 2023

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Installation and display of one non-illuminated hanging sign measuring 0.684m in height, 0.684m in height in width, 0.15m in depth, projecting 0.79m from the wall, displayed at a height 2.965m above ground level, one black aluminium sign measuring 0.25m in height, 0.68m in width, 0.002m in depth displayed at a height of 1.5m above ground level and one black aluminium sign measuring 0.164m in height, 0.28m in width, 0.002m in depth displayed at a height 1.5m above ground level.

Received
19 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
1
Ward
Farringdon Without
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated7 Jun
  3. Consult.
  4. Target2 Aug
  5. Decided24 Jul

Decided in 47 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 40 Furnival Street London EC4A 1JQ. City of London has handled 531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 11 days quicker than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Chancery Lane conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 89 applications across Farringdon Without. We hold 151 applications in total for the EC4A 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
EC4A 1JQ
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 June 2023
Target decision date
2 August 2023
Committee meeting
24 July 2023
Permission expires
24 July 2028

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12157403
Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: City of London

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