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74/77 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DA

2007/1022/PFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 20 April 2007

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Erection of new mansard roof addition for office use (Class B1).

Received
23 February 2007
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bloomsbury
  1. Received23 Feb
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.29 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided20 Apr

Decided in 45 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 74/77 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DA. 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 Bloomsbury conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 395 applications across Bloomsbury. We hold 641 applications in total for the WC1B 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
WC1B 3DA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
B1a Business - Office
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2007
Consultation expiry
29 March 2007
Consultation start
8 March 2007
Consultation end
29 March 2007
Last date for comments
30 March 2007

Publicity

Site notice start
9 March 2007

Appeal

Appeal date
4 June 2007
Appeal result
Allowed 01-11-2007

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

flood storage areas, 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2007
    23 Feb

    Erection of new mansard roof addition for office use (Class B1).

    This applicationRefusedFull2007/1022/P
  2. 2007
    23 Feb

    Works in association with the erection of new mansard roof addition for office use (Class B1).

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside2007/1033/L

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2006
    10 Nov

    Installation of comfort cooling system, together with works associated with alterations to existing and…

    ApprovedListed building consent2006/5143/L
  2. 2006
    18 Oct

    Internal alterations in connection with the removal of a link staircase and door between third and fourth…

    WithdrawnListed building consent2006/4743/L
  3. 2006
    10 Oct

    Erection of new mansard roof addition for office use (Class B1) including the installation of plant/air…

    WithdrawnFull Planning Permission2006/4648/P
  4. 2006
    10 Oct

    Alterations in connection with the erection of new mansard roof addition for office use (Class B1) including…

    WithdrawnListed building consent2006/4649/L
  5. 2006
    9 Oct

    Removal of internal non-load bearing partitions.

    ApprovedListed building consent2006/4626/L

Source: Camden

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