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Kings Cross Central - Main site Development Zone T1 North of Relocated Gas Holder No.8 and the Regents Canal York Way London N1

2009/0415/PApproval of Reserved MattersApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 24 April 2009

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Reserved matters in connection with the erection of a nine to fourteen storey building within development Zone T1 for uses comprising a new energy centre and electrical substation, a 417 space multi-storey car park, a multi-use games area (MUGA), residential development totalling 102 units (48 private ownership, 34 social rented and up to 20 intermediate affordable), retail/cafe/bar uses (Classes A1-A4) together with new areas of adjacent public realm; and submission of associated details in compliance with conditions 3, 9, 10, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22, 24-31, 33-36, 39, 42, 42A, 43-46, 48, 49, 51, 60, 61 and 63-67 of Outline Permission reference 2004/2307/P, dated 22nd December 2006 (for a comprehensive, phased, mixed-use development of former railway lands within the King's Cross Opportunity Area).

Received
21 January 2009
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
St Pancras & Somers Town
  1. Received21 Jan
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.24 Mar
  4. Target16 Jul
  5. Decided24 Apr

Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Kings Cross Central - Main site Development Zone T1 North of Relocated Gas Holder No.8 and the Regents Canal York Way London N1. Camden has handled 178 applications of this type. This one was decided in 93 days, 6 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Cross and St Pancras conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

97% of outline 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
Approval of Reserved Matters
Development type
A1 Shop, A2 Financial and Professional, A3 Restaurants and Cafes, A4 Drinking Establishments, C3 Dwelling House, D2 Assembly and Leisure, Sui Generis
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
102

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2009
Consultation expiry
24 March 2009
Consultation start
18 February 2009
Consultation end
24 March 2009
Last date for comments
24 March 2009
Target decision date
16 July 2009
Committee meeting
23 April 2009
Permission expires
24 April 2012

Planning decision

Statutory period
153 days

Additional information

Documents
41

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Kings Cross St Pancras
  • 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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