Wilkins Building UCL Gower Street London WC1E 6BT
Approved on 26 July 2004
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Minor alterations at roof level to incorporate new lift shaft.
- Received
- 17 May 2004
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Bloomsbury
- ReceivedReceived17 May
- ValidatedValidated10 Jun
- Consult.Consultation1 Jul
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided26 Jul
Decided in 46 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at Wilkins Building UCL Gower Street London WC1E 6BT. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 3 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 395 applications across Bloomsbury. We hold 395 applications in total for the WC1E 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
- WC1E 6BT
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Development type
- D1 Non-Residential Institution
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 10 June 2004
- Consultation expiry
- 1 July 2004
- Consultation start
- 10 June 2004
- Consultation end
- 1 July 2004
- Permission expires
- 26 July 2009
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 18 June 2004
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Bloomsbury
- Article 4 direction: Basements
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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.
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Associated applications
- 200417 May
Minor alterations at roof level to incorporate new lift shaft.
This applicationApprovedFull2004/2150/P - 200417 May
Internal works including removal of internal walls, roof and staircase, construction of new staircase and…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside2004/2152/L
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20049 Jul
Alterations to existing window to create new French doors to provide access to flat roof area with associated…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission2004/2981/P - 20049 Jul
Alterations to existing fanlight window to create new French doors to provide access to an existing flat roof…
ApprovedListed building consent2004/2982/L
Source: Camden
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