298 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8DX
Approved on 19 March 2007
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of the ground and basement floors from retail use (Class A1) to financial/professional services use (Class A2).
- Received
- 21 December 2006
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Kings Cross
- ReceivedReceived21 Dec
- ValidatedValidated2 Feb
- Consult.Consultation26 Feb
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided19 Mar
Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 298 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8DX. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 88 days, 6 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Kings Cross. We hold 1,230 applications in total for the WC1X 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
- WC1X 8DX
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Development type
- A2 Financial and Professional
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 February 2007
- Consultation expiry
- 26 February 2007
- Consultation start
- 5 February 2007
- Consultation end
- 26 February 2007
- Last date for comments
- 1 March 2007
- Permission expires
- 19 March 2012
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 8 February 2007
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bloomsbury
- Listed building: (North side) Nos.54-72 (Even) and attached railingsOn or next to this site
- Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
- Brownfield land register: Battle Bridge House, Offices And Premises At Basement-6th Floors 300-306 Gray's Inn Road…Register site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (20)
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 and heritage coasts.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202111 Mar
Change of use on lower ground floor and ground floor from Class E (Estate agents) to Class E (b) (restaurant)…
PendingFull Planning Permission2021/1129/P - 201618 Nov
Use of flats B (second floor) and C (third floor) as 2 x 1 bed self-contained flats (Use Class C3).
ApprovedCertificate of Lawfulness (Existing)2016/6340/P
Source: Camden
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