Westminster Kingsway College 45 Sidmouth Street London WC1H 8JB

2006/5679/PApproval of DetailsApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 2 February 2007

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Details of proposed slab levels of college part of development ONLY pursuant to discharge of condition 3A ONLY 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)
Council: London Borough of Camden
Ward: Kings Cross

ReceivedReceived11 Dec
ValidatedValidated22 Dec
Consult.Consultation22 Dec
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided2 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 53 days, 4 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
Last date for comments: 22 December 2006
Permission expires: 2 February 2010

Additional information

Documents: 5

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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