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Ye Olde Watling Public House 29 Watling Street London EC4M 9BR

26/00003/FULLFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 12 March 2026

Delegated (officer decision)3 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 1 retractable canvas awning with signage measuring 5m wide x 1.1m deep, mounted at a height of 2.2m above ground level.

Received
5 January 2026
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Public comments
4
Ward
Cordwainer
Agent
ARC Design Associates
  1. Received5 Jan
  2. Validated23 Jan
  3. Consult.23 Feb
  4. Target20 Mar
  5. Decided12 Mar

Decided in 48 days (council typically 77)

About this application

This is a full planning application for signage at Ye Olde Watling Public House 29 Watling Street London EC4M 9BR. City of London has handled 1,140 applications of this type. This one was decided in 66 days, 11 days quicker than City of London's typical decision time. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 27 applications across Cordwainer. We hold 129 applications in total for the EC4M postcode area.

98% of full 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
EC4M 9BR
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 January 2026
Consultation expiry
6 March 2026
Consultation start
26 January 2026
Consultation end
23 February 2026
Neighbour consultation start
6 February 2026
Neighbour consultation end
6 March 2026
Last date for comments
6 March 2026
Target decision date
20 March 2026
Committee meeting
12 March 2026
Permission expires
12 March 2029

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent
ARC Design Associates
Agent address
Attn: Mr Mark Adams 11 Fitzwalter Road Chelmsford CM3 3DA

Planning decision

Case officer
Alice McDonald
Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
30 January 2026
Site notice end
20 February 2026

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14549844
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    5 Jan

    Installation of 1 retractable canvas awning with signage measuring 5m wide x 1.1m deep, mounted at a height…

    This applicationApprovedFull26/00003/FULL
  2. 2026
    5 Jan

    Installation and display of awning signage, comprising (i) one logo measuring 1.5m wide x 0.7m high located…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consentFiled alongside26/00004/ADVT

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    19 Jan

    Replacement of 1 existing window with sash window.

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent26/00001/FULL

Source: City of London

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