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Westminster Kingsway College, 45 Sidmouth Street London WC1H 8JB

2006/5659/PApproval of DetailsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 5 February 2007

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Details of cycle parking pursuant to discharge of condition 14A ONLY for college part of development ONLY (not residential) of planning permission dated 5th May 2006 (ref. 2006/0427/P) (for the redevelopment to provide new part 4, part 5 storey college building and two four storey residential buildings comprising 25 private and 12 affordable self-contained flats, associated parking, provision of new roadway and landscaping).

Received
11 December 2006
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kings Cross
  1. Received11 Dec
  2. Validated22 Dec
  3. Consult.23 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided5 Feb

Decided in 45 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 56 days, 7 days longer than Camden's typical decision time. 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
22 December 2006
Consultation expiry
23 January 2007
Consultation start
2 January 2007
Consultation end
23 January 2007
Last date for comments
23 January 2007
Permission expires
5 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2006
    14 Dec

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

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside2006/5871/P
  2. 2006
    13 Dec

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

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside2006/5658/P
  3. 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
  4. 2006
    11 Dec

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

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions2006/5659/P
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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

Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2013
    24 Jun

    FRONTING SIDMOUTH STREET: 1 x London Plane - Reduce crown by 2m all round and shape. Lift crown to 5.5m above…

    ApprovedTrees2013/4105/T
  2. 2009
    5 May

    Details of implementation of ground investigation and remediation measures for college part of site ONLY for…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2009/2348/P
  3. 2009
    3 Feb

    Details of implementation of ground investigation and remediation measures for college part of site ONLY…

    RefusedDischarge of conditions2009/0773/P
  4. 2008
    17 Dec

    Details of access mews road pursuant to condition 22 of the planning permission dated 05/05/06 (2006/0427/P

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2009/0168/P
  5. 2008
    16 Dec

    Details of measures to enhance ecology for completed development ONLY of college part of development ONLY…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2009/0166/P
  6. 2007
    9 Feb

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

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditions2007/0727/P

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