70 Acton Street London WC1X 9N
Approved on 2 June 2005
Council decision: Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal AgreementPlanning committee
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Proposal
Extensions and alterations to create a 1 x 3 bedroom maisonette and a 1 x 2 bedroom maisonette, together with the provision of a rear roof terrace.
- Received
- 5 April 2004
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Kings Cross
- ReceivedReceived5 Apr
- ValidatedValidated22 Apr
- Consult.Consultation13 May
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided2 Jun
Decided in 406 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for an extension at 70 Acton Street London WC1X 9N. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 423 days, 53 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Kings Cross.
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
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Development type
- B1 Business, C3 Dwelling House
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 22 April 2004
- Consultation expiry
- 13 May 2004
- Consultation start
- 22 April 2004
- Consultation end
- 13 May 2004
- Permission expires
- 2 June 2010
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 30 April 2004
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bloomsbury
- Listed building: Grade II: 64, 66 (Queen'S Head Public House) and 68 Acton Street and Attached RailingsOn or next to this site · +1 more
- Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
- Brownfield land register: 314-320 Acorn House, Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8DPRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (19)
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 and heritage coasts.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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