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53 Marchmont Street London WC1N 1AP

2004/0660/PFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 19 July 2004

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Conversion of non-selfcontained units at first and second floor levels to provide two, one bedroom self-contained flats with rear extension at first and second floor levels.

Received
6 February 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bloomsbury
  1. Received6 Feb
  2. Validated2 Jun
  3. Consult.23 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided19 Jul

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 53 Marchmont Street London WC1N 1AP. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 164 days, 16 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 395 applications across Bloomsbury. We hold 1,071 applications in total for the WC1N postcode area.

90% of full applications at London Borough of Camden were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
WC1N 1AP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
C3 Dwelling House
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
2 June 2004
Consultation expiry
23 June 2004
Consultation start
2 June 2004
Consultation end
23 June 2004

Publicity

Site notice start
11 June 2004

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Bloomsbury
  • Listed building: Grade II: 39-73, Marchmont StreetOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Basements
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2004
    6 Feb

    Conversion of non-selfcontained units at first and second floor levels to provide two, one bedroom…

    This applicationRefusedFull2004/0660/P
  2. 2004
    6 Feb

    Conversion of non-selfcontained units at first and second floor levels to provide two, one bedroom…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside2004/0661/L

Source: Camden

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