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7 Birkenhead Street London WC1H 8BA

2009/0632/LListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 17 March 2009

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

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Proposal

Reinstatement of roof to existing House in Multiple Occupation (sui generis).

Received
22 January 2009
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Kings Cross
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated17 Feb
  3. Consult.22 Jan
  4. Target
  5. Decided17 Mar

Decided in 28 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 7 Birkenhead Street London WC1H 8BA. Camden has handled 1,652 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 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 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 144 applications across Kings Cross. We hold 813 applications in total for the WC1H postcode area.

97% of heritage 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
WC1H 8BA
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Development type
C3 Dwelling House
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 February 2009
Last date for comments
22 January 2009
Permission expires
17 March 2012

Additional information

Documents
3

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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Associated applications

  1. 2009
    22 Jan

    Reinstatement of roof to existing House in Multiple Occupation (sui generis).

    ApprovedFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside2009/0630/P
  2. 2009
    22 Jan

    Reinstatement of roof to existing House in Multiple Occupation (sui generis).

    This applicationApprovedHeritage2009/0632/L

Source: Camden

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