7 - 9 Copthall Avenue London EC2R 7NJ
Approved on 9 January 2026
Delegated (officer decision)7 conditions
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Proposal
Installation and display of: (i) one fascia sign on the eastern elevation measuring 15656mm x 305mm with lettering halo illuminated and logo internally illuminated, (ii) one fascia sign on the northern elevation measuring 2025mm x 305mm with lettering halo illuminated and logo internally illuminated, (iii) one internally illuminated entrance sign measuring 1982mm x 503mm x 38mm.
- Received
- 15 July 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Public comments
- 2
- Council
- City of London Corporation
- Ward
- Coleman Street
- ReceivedReceived15 Jul
- ValidatedValidated15 Jul
- Consult.Consultation7 Aug
- TargetTarget Date9 Sep
- DecidedDecided9 Jan
Decided in 178 days (council typically 77)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at 7 - 9 Copthall Avenue London EC2R 7NJ. City of London has handled 531 applications of this type. This one was decided in 178 days, 14 weeks longer than City of London's typical decision time. The site is in the Bank conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Coleman Street. We hold 239 applications in total for the EC2R 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
- EC2R 7NJ
- Application type
- Advertisement Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 15 July 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 7 August 2025
- Consultation start
- 24 July 2025
- Consultation end
- 7 August 2025
- Last date for comments
- 7 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 9 September 2025
- Committee meeting
- 9 January 2026
- Permission expires
- 9 January 2031
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
- Agent
- Astley Signs
- Agent address
- Redforrest House, Queens Court North, Earlsway Gateshead NE11 0BP United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Case officer
- Sarah Gentry
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Planning Portal ID
- PP-14177079
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bank
- 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 (21)
flood storage 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.
A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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