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136 Long Acre London WC2E 9AA

23/01962/ADVAdvert Application (ADV)Refused
Advertisement consent

Refused on 18 April 2023

Council decision: Application RefusedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Display of a internally illuminated fascia sign measuring 0.63m x 2.2m and an internally illuminated menu box sign measuring 0.75m x 0.42m.

Received
24 March 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St James's
Agent
Monmouth Planning Ltd
  1. Received24 Mar
  2. Validated24 Mar
  3. Consult.
  4. Target19 May
  5. Decided18 Apr

Decided in 25 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 136 Long Acre London WC2E 9AA. Westminster has handled 1,279 applications of this type. This one was decided in 25 days, 3 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in 19 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 478 applications across St James's. We hold 396 applications in total for the WC2E postcode area.

87% of advertising applications at City of Westminster were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WC2E 9AA
Application type
Advert Application (ADV)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 March 2023
Target decision date
19 May 2023

Applicant and agent

Agent
Monmouth Planning Ltd
Agent address
38A Monmouth Street, London WC2H 9EP

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-12041187
Comments
0
Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
  • Tree Preservation Order: Ref W670Protected tree on or next to this site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
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.

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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