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345 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8PX

2007/0331/PFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 16 March 2007

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Change of use of basement area from offices (Use Class B1) to hotel use (Use Class C1) to provide additional dining area space associated with the existing hotel, and extension by enclosing the existing basement area with a glass roof.

Received
19 January 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kings Cross
  1. Received19 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.21 Feb
  4. Target
  5. Decided16 Mar

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 345 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8PX. Camden has handled 2,296 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 King's Cross and St Pancras conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 144 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 8PX
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
C1 Hotel
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2007
Consultation expiry
21 February 2007
Consultation start
31 January 2007
Consultation end
21 February 2007
Last date for comments
22 February 2007
Permission expires
16 March 2012

Publicity

Site notice start
1 February 2007

Additional information

Documents
9

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Kings Cross St Pancras
  • Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
  • 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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Source: Camden

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