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26 Argyle Square London WC1H 8AP

2006/5304/LListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 9 February 2007

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Works of conversion, involving the change of use of the rear of the building from office use (Class B1) / exhibition use (Class D1) to residential use (Class C3) comprising 3x units (1 x 1-bed and 1 x 2-bed self-contained flats, and 1 x 1-bed studio flat) and retention of 111sq.m of Class B1/D1 space.

Received
20 November 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kings Cross
  1. Received20 Nov
  2. Validated19 Dec
  3. Consult.10 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at 26 Argyle Square London WC1H 8AP. Camden has handled 1,652 applications of this type. This one was decided in 81 days, 5 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Kings Cross. We hold 814 applications in total for the WC1H 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
WC1H 8AP
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Development type
B1 Business, C3 Dwelling House, D1 Non-Residential Institution
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
19 December 2006
Consultation expiry
10 January 2007
Consultation start
20 December 2006
Consultation end
10 January 2007
Last date for comments
11 January 2007
Permission expires
9 February 2010

Publicity

Site notice start
21 December 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.

  • 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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© 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.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2006
    20 Nov

    Change of use and works of conversion of the rear of the building from office use (Class B1) / exhibition use…

    ConditionsFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside2006/5303/P
  2. 2006
    20 Nov

    Works of conversion, involving the change of use of the rear of the building from office use (Class B1) /…

    This applicationApprovedHeritage2006/5304/L

Planning history at this site

8 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2015
    14 Apr

    Details of doors, windows openings and portico required by condition 3 of listed building consent 2014/2769/L

    ApprovedListed building consent2015/2161/L
  2. 2015
    14 Apr

    Details of cycle storage, privacy screens and green roof required by conditions 5, 8 and 9 of planning…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2015/2159/P
  3. 2006
    20 Sep

    Change of use and works of conversion of the rear of the building from office use (Class B1) / exibition use…

    WithdrawnFull Planning Permission2006/4299/P
  4. 2006
    20 Sep

    Works of conversion involving a change of use of the rear of the building from office use (Class B1) /…

    WithdrawnListed building consent2006/4303/L
  5. 2000
    11 May

    Works for the insertion of a door in the side wall, as shown by drawing numbers 5989/02

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionPS9905335
  6. 2000
    11 May

    Works for the insertion of a door in the side wall, as shown by drawing numbers 5989/02

    ApprovedListed building consentLS9905336

Source: Camden

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