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23 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2PJ

2004/2028/PFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 16 July 2004

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

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Proposal

Change of use of basement, ground, and first to third floors from offices (Class B1) to a flexible use as either non residential institution (Class D1) or offices B1 (Class B1).

Received
6 May 2004
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Bloomsbury
  1. Received6 May
  2. Validated27 May
  3. Consult.17 Jun
  4. Target27 Jul
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 23 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2PJ. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 394 applications across Bloomsbury. We hold 179 applications in total for the WC1A 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
WC1A 2PJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
B1a Business - Office, D1 Non-Residential Institution
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 May 2004
Consultation expiry
17 June 2004
Consultation start
27 May 2004
Consultation end
17 June 2004
Target decision date
27 July 2004
Permission expires
16 July 2009

Planning decision

Statutory period
61 days

Publicity

Site notice start
4 June 2004

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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Source: Camden

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