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 of an externally illuminated projecting sign.
As published by the council, reference 08/02160/ADV
Application record
- Reference
- 08/02160/ADV
- Type
- Advert Application (ADV)
- Status
- Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Application Permitted
- Received
- 5 Mar 2008
- Validated
- 5 Mar 2008
- Decided
- 26 Mar 2008
- 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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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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03/08498/AD7 Granted
Ashley House 12 Great Portland Street London W1W 8QN
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.
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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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5 Mar 2008
Received by Westminster
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26 Mar 2008
Decision issued: Application Permitted
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14 Sep 2026
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Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
7 documents on file for this application
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