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7 Birkenhead Street, London WC1H 8BA

2006/4332/PFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 15 December 2006

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The erection of a mansard roof extension to provide 3 x additional bedsits (non-selfcontained) to an existing house in multiple occupancy (sui generis).

Received
21 September 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kings Cross
  1. Received21 Sep
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.24 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided15 Dec

Decided in 46 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 7 Birkenhead Street, London WC1H 8BA. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 85 days, 5 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Cross and St Pancras conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 144 applications across Kings Cross. We hold 813 applications in total for the WC1H 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
WC1H 8BA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
C3 Dwelling House, Sui Generis
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 October 2006
Consultation expiry
24 November 2006
Consultation start
3 November 2006
Consultation end
24 November 2006
Last date for comments
27 November 2006

Publicity

Site notice start
6 November 2006

Additional information

Documents
6

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 (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.

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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2006
    21 Sep

    The erection of a mansard roof extension to provide 3 x additional bedsits (non-selfcontained) to an existing…

    This applicationRefusedFull2006/4332/P
  2. 2006
    21 Sep

    External alterations involving erection of a mansard roof extension to provide 3 x additional bedsits…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside2006/4333/L

Source: Camden

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