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Westminster Kingsway College, 45 Sidmouth Street London WC1H 8JB

2006/5658/PApproval of DetailsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 1 February 2007

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Details of sustainable urban drainage for college part of development ONLY (not residential), pursuant to part discharge of condtion 21A of planning permission dated 5th May 2006 (ref. 2006/0427/P) (for the redevelopment to provide new part 4, part 5 storey (plus roof plant) college building (Class D1) and two four storey residential buildings comprising 25 private and 12 affordable self-contained flats, 18 basement car parking spaces, provision of new roadway, associated access and landscaping).

Received
13 December 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kings Cross
  1. Received13 Dec
  2. Validated21 Dec
  3. Consult.24 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Feb

Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Westminster Kingsway College, 45 Sidmouth Street London WC1H 8JB. Camden has handled 713 applications of this type. This one was decided in 50 days. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 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.

98% of conditions 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 8JB
Application type
Approval of Details
Development type
C3 Dwelling House, D1 Non-Residential Institution
Scale / size
Medium
Number of dwellings
12

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 December 2006
Consultation expiry
24 January 2007
Consultation start
3 January 2007
Consultation end
24 January 2007
Last date for comments
24 January 2007
Permission expires
1 February 2010

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • 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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    19 Dec

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    Details of Ecology Method Statement in respect of demolition ONLY college part of approved development ONLY…

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  3. 2006
    13 Dec

    Details of sustainable urban drainage for college part of development ONLY (not residential), pursuant to…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions2006/5658/P
  4. 2006
    12 Dec

    Details of programme of ground investigation for college part of site ONLY pursuant to part discharge of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside2006/5661/P
  5. 2006
    11 Dec

    Details of cycle parking pursuant to discharge of condition 14A ONLY for college part of development ONLY…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside2006/5659/P
  6. 2006
    11 Dec

    Details of windows/obscure glazing to the south-eastern and eastern elevation of the college building facing…

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside2006/5663/P
  7. 2006
    11 Dec

    Details of external windows/doors to college part of development ONLY pursuant to condition 1A(ii) of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside2006/5666/P
  8. 2006
    11 Dec

    Details of proposed slab levels of college part of development ONLY pursuant to discharge of condition 3A…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside2006/5679/P
  9. 2006
    11 Dec

    Revised location of flues to roof of proposed college building pursuant to compliance with condition 16 of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside2006/5683/P

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