Skip to content

52-54 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8LT

2004/4289/PFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 26 January 2005

Council decision: Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal AgreementPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use from welfare advice centre (Class D1) and associated offices (Class B1) to flexible use as office/retail use (Class B1/A1) at ground and basement levels, and the creation of 1x1 bed and 7x2 bed self-contained dwelling units (Class C3) on the upper floors.

Received
4 October 2004
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden
  1. Received4 Oct
  2. Validated13 Oct
  3. Consult.3 Nov
  4. Target21 Jan
  5. Decided26 Jan

Decided in 105 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 52-54 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8LT. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 114 days, 9 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,230 applications in total for the WC1X 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
WC1X 8LT
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
A1 Shop, B1a Business - Office, C3 Dwelling House
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 October 2004
Consultation expiry
3 November 2004
Consultation start
13 October 2004
Consultation end
3 November 2004
Target decision date
21 January 2005
Committee meeting
25 November 2004
Permission expires
26 January 2010

Planning decision

Statutory period
100 days

Publicity

Site notice start
22 October 2004

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Article 4 direction: Basements
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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.

Source: Camden

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near WC1X

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused for changes of use on your street. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address