20 Bow Street London WC2E 7AW
Approved on 14 December 2023
Council decision: Application PermittedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Signage consisting of: two sets of illuminated letters inside the building; one illuminated fascia sign on Bow Street elevation; non-illuminated vinyls applied to inside face of the glazing; one non-illuminated sign on frame of Broad Court entrance door; two illuminated menu boxes (one on each elevation); and, two illuminated projecting signs (one on each elevation).
- Received
- 3 November 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- City of Westminster
- Ward
- St James's
- ReceivedReceived3 Nov
- ValidatedValidated3 Nov
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date29 Dec
- DecidedDecided14 Dec
Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application for signage at 20 Bow Street London WC2E 7AW. Westminster has handled 2,677 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Covent Garden conservation area, with 20 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.
93% of heritage 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 7AW
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent Application
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 3 November 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 13 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 29 December 2023
Applicant and agent
- Agent
- Technical Signs
- Agent address
- Hille Business Centre 132 St Albans Road Watford WD24 4AE United Kingdom
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Last advertised
- 22 November 2023
- Advertisement expiry
- 13 December 2023
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Covent Garden
- Listed building: Grade II: 19 AND 20, BOW STREET WC2 (See details for further address information)On or next to this site
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed+1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, 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.
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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