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47 - 49 Gower Street London WC1E 6HH

2009/2023/PFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 8 February 2010

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

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Proposal

Change of use of basement, ground and first to third floor from residential institution (Class C2) to 8 self-contained flats/maisonettes (6 x 1-bedroom and 2 x 3-bedroom) (Class C3) and external alterations including re-opening up of lightwells under front entrance steps, enlargement of rear basement lightwells, replacement of two doors at basement level with sash windows, replacement of door at rear ground floor level at No. 47, replacement of windows at third floor level on front and rear elevations, installation of rooflights and vent terminals on rear roofslopes.

Received
20 April 2009
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Bloomsbury
  1. Received20 Apr
  2. Validated10 Jun
  3. Consult.24 Aug
  4. Target20 Jul
  5. Decided8 Feb

Decided in 243 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 47 - 49 Gower Street London WC1E 6HH. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 294 days, 35 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 395 applications across Bloomsbury. We hold 395 applications in total for the WC1E 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
WC1E 6HH
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
C3 Dwelling House
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 June 2009
Consultation expiry
24 August 2009
Consultation start
12 June 2009
Consultation end
24 August 2009
Last date for comments
24 August 2009
Target decision date
20 July 2009
Committee meeting
12 November 2009
Permission expires
8 February 2013

Planning decision

Statutory period
40 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 June 2009

Additional information

Documents
22

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bloomsbury
  • Listed building: (West side) Nos.15A AND 17-49 (Odd) and attached railingsOn or next to this site
  • 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.

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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© 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. 2009
    20 Apr

    Change of use of basement, ground and first to third floor from residential institution (Class C2) to 8…

    This applicationConditionsFull2009/2023/P
  2. 2009
    20 Apr

    External alterations including re-opening up of lightwells under front entrance steps, enlargement of rear…

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside2009/2025/L

Source: Camden

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