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The Lighthouse Block 283-297 Pentonville Road and 370-380 Grays Inn Road London N1

2008/5358/PFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 8 April 2009

Council decision: Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal AgreementPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Demolition of existing ground plus three storey building with retention and refurbishment of the facades and 'lighthouse' structure at 285-297 Pentonville Road and 372-380 Gray's Inn Road; erection of a 5-storey building, partly behind retained facades, to provide either retail or restaurant uses (Class A1 or A3) at ground floor level, supporting services located at basement level, and Class B1 offices on the 1st- 5th floors; creation of retail 'kiosk' units at ground floor of 283 Pentonville Road and 370 Gray's Inn Road; rebuilding and alterations to 283 Pentonville Road and 370 Grays Inn Road and the replacement of all shopfronts at ground floor level.

Received
5 November 2008
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Kings Cross
  1. Received5 Nov
  2. Validated14 Jan
  3. Consult.1 Dec
  4. Target1 Dec
  5. Decided8 Apr

Decided in 84 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at The Lighthouse Block 283-297 Pentonville Road and 370-380 Grays Inn Road London N1. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 154 days, 15 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Cross and St Pancras conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Kings Cross.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
A1 Shop, A3 Restaurants and Cafes, B1 Business
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 January 2009
Consultation expiry
1 December 2014
Consultation start
15 January 2009
Consultation end
1 December 2014
Last date for comments
1 December 2014
Target decision date
1 December 2014
Committee meeting
2 April 2009
Permission expires
8 April 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
2147 days

Publicity

Site notice start
19 January 2009

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    1 Dec

    Variation of condition 5 (opening hours) of planning permission 2008/5358/P

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)2023/5107/P
  2. 2015
    25 Mar

    Variation of condition 6a&b (Details of shopfront and external doors) of Planning permission 2011/5314/P

    ApprovedVariation of conditions (s73)2015/1780/P
  3. 2015
    25 Mar

    Details of sample materials as required by condition 8 of 2008/5358/P

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2015/1784/P
  4. 2014
    28 Nov

    Details of fixings to external facade in relation to condition 4 of 2008/5358/P

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2014/7417/P
  5. 2008
    5 Nov

    Demolition of existing ground plus three storey building with retention and refurbishment of the facades and…

    This applicationConditionsFull2008/5358/P
  6. 2008
    5 Nov

    Works associated with the demolition of existing ground plus three storey building with retention and…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside2008/5366/L
  7. 2008
    5 Nov

    Demolition of 283 Grays Inn Road and 370 Grays Inn Road and substantial demolition behind retained facades of…

    ApprovedConservation Area ConsentFiled alongside2008/5367/C

Source: Camden

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