Natwest Bank, 250 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4AA
Refused on 17 March 2025
Council decision: RefuseDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Display of 12x Frosted vinyl privacy film with overlaid opaque coloured vinyl graphic signs (4x facing Bushfield Street and 8x facing Bishops Square)
- Received
- 28 January 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Ward
- Spitalfields and Banglatown
- ReceivedReceived28 Jan
- ValidatedValidated28 Jan
- Consult.Consultation5 Mar
- TargetTarget Date25 Mar
- DecidedDecided17 Mar
Decided in 48 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at Natwest Bank, 250 Bishopsgate, London, EC2M 4AA. Tower Hamlets has handled 263 applications of this type. This one was decided in 48 days, 8 days quicker than Tower Hamlets's typical decision time. The site is in 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 117 applications across Spitalfields and Banglatown. We hold 788 applications in total for the EC2M postcode area.
85% of advertising applications at London Borough of Tower Hamlets were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).
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Application details
- Postcode
- EC2M 4AA
- Application type
- Advertisement Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 28 January 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 5 March 2025
- Consultation end
- 5 March 2025
- Neighbour consultation end
- 5 March 2025
- Target decision date
- 25 March 2025
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Cushman & Wakefield
- Agent address
- St Pauls House, 23 Park Square South, Leeds, LS12ND
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Advertisement expiry
- 5 March 2025
- Site notice start
- 12 February 2025
- Site notice end
- 5 March 2025
Appeal
- Appeal reference
- Not specified
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Article 4 direction: Spitalfields
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (23)
flood storage areas, conservation areas, listed buildings, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202623 Jul
8 x signs including (2 x illuminated and 6 x non illuminated signs).
ApprovedAdvertisement consentPA/26/01208/NC - 202520 Oct
Temporary wrap signage x 2 on part south and west elevations.
ApprovedAdvertisement consentPA/25/01858/NC - 202526 Aug
Proposal for x2 illuminated digital signs and x19 poster signs and non illuminated vinyl signage.
ApprovedAdvertisement consentPA/25/01449/NC - 20258 Aug
Minor changes to doors and windows on ground floor of 250 Bishopsgate (former Cycle Surgery site).
ApprovedFull planning permissionPA/25/01370/NC
Source: Tower Hamlets
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