Planning application
Ashley House 12 Great Portland Street London W1W 8QN
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Display for a temporary period of six months of a non-illuminated 'to let' board located on the face of the building at a height of between 3m and 4.6m above pavement level and measuring 1.2m x 0.9m.
As published by the council, reference 03/08498/AD7
Application record
- Reference
- 03/08498/AD7
- Type
- Advert Application-Regulat. 7 Area (AD7)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Application Permitted
- Received
- 4 Nov 2003
- Validated
- 4 Nov 2003
- Decided
- 1 Dec 2003
- Ward
- West End
- Decision by
- Delegated Decision
- Postcode
- W1W 8QN
Site history
Applications at this address on the Westminster register
This site has had 4 applications since 2003: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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08/02160/ADV Granted
Ashley House 12 Great Portland Street London W1W 8QN
Display of an externally illuminated projecting sign.
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04/04290/ADV Decided
Ashley House 12 Great Portland Street London W1W 8QN
Display of non-illuminated fascia and two non-illuminated projecting signs.
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03/05116/FULL Granted
Ashley House 12 Great Portland Street London W1W 8QN
Use of the ground floor for mixed retail (Class A1) and wholesale showroom purposes
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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4 Nov 2003
Received by Westminster
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1 Dec 2003
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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18 Sep 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
2 documents on file for this application
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