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7 Gray's Inn Square London WC1R 5AZ

2004/3318/LListed Building ConsentRefused

Refused on 11 November 2004

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Internal works at second floor level in association with a change of use from Legal Chambers (B1) to one 3 bed flat (C3).

Received
29 July 2004
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden
  1. Received29 Jul
  2. Validated28 Sep
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Nov

Decided in 44 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 7 Gray's Inn Square London WC1R 5AZ. Camden has handled 1,652 applications of this type. This one was decided in 105 days, 8 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 208 applications in total for the WC1R postcode area.

97% of heritage 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
WC1R 5AZ
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Development type
C3 Dwelling House
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
28 September 2004
Consultation start
8 October 2004

Publicity

Site notice start
8 October 2004

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

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 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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
    29 Jul

    Change of use from Legal Chambers (B1) to one 3 bed flat (C3) at second floor level.

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside2004/3317/P
  2. 2004
    29 Jul

    Internal works at second floor level in association with a change of use from Legal Chambers (B1) to one 3…

    This applicationRefusedHeritage2004/3318/L

Source: Camden

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