19 - 21 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AR
Approved on 22 October 2025
Delegated (officer decision)7 conditions
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Proposal
Installation and display of: (i) two internally illuminated fascia signs measuring 0.71m high by 4.3m wide and displayed 2.8m above ground level. (ii) one internally illuminated protecting sign measuring 0.8m high by 0.8m wide and displayed 3.0m above ground level.
- Received
- 23 June 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 1
- Council
- City of London Corporation
- Ward
- Tower
- Agent
- HTC Architects London
- ReceivedReceived23 Jun
- ValidatedValidated23 Jun
- Consult.Consultation16 Jul
- TargetTarget Date18 Aug
- DecidedDecided22 Oct
Decided in 121 days (council typically 77)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at 19 - 21 Great Tower Street London EC3R 5AR. City of London has handled 531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 121 days, 6 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There have been 2 other applications 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 5AR
- Application type
- Advertisement Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 June 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 16 July 2025
- Consultation start
- 2 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 16 July 2025
- Last date for comments
- 16 July 2025
- Target decision date
- 18 August 2025
- Committee meeting
- 22 October 2025
- Permission expires
- 22 October 2030
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- HTC Architects London
- Architect profile
- HTC ARCHITECTS (LONDON) LTD
- Agent address
- Attn. Mr Timothy Godsmark Unit 9, Shoreditch Town Hall 380 Old Street London EC1V 9LT United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Kate Bannigan
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-13973232
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
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