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Former John Lewis Plc Queensgate Shopping Centre Westgate Peterborough

25/00358/ADVAdvertisement ApplicationApproved
Advertisement consent

Approved on 9 September 2025

Council decision: PermittedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

4No. High Level Fascia Sign (External), 1No. Projected Sign (External), 2No. Street Level Fascia Sign (External), 5no. Vinyl brand Logos at street level

Received
20 March 2025
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Central
Agent
RPS Group
  1. Received20 Mar
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Sep

Decided in 173 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Former John Lewis Plc Queensgate Shopping Centre Westgate Peterborough. Peterborough has handled 88 applications of this type. This one was decided in 173 days, 18 weeks longer than Peterborough's typical decision time. The site is in 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 85 applications across Central.

96% of advertising applications at Peterborough City Council were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Application type
Advertisement Application
Scale / size
Small
Parish
Peterborough

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Agent
RPS Group
Agent address
1 Newhall Street Birmingham B3 3NH

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: City Centre Conservation AreaPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: 52 & 53 Cumbergate, formerly Miss Pears' AlmshousesOn this site · +10 more
  • Brownfield land register: North Westgate Development Area Westgate PeterboroughRegister site at or near this address · +2 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, Article 4 directions, tree preservation orders, 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 and heritage coasts.

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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© 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.

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