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293 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8QF

2009/3103/PFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 1 December 2009

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of basement floor from ancillary retail storage (Class A1) to 2 self-contained bedsits (Class C3) with associated external stairs, new door and windows on front elevation at basement level.

Received
24 June 2009
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kings Cross
  1. Received24 Jun
  2. Validated14 Oct
  3. Consult.12 Nov
  4. Target
  5. Decided1 Dec

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 293 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8QF. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 160 days, 16 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Cross and St Pancras conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Kings Cross. We hold 1,230 applications in total for the WC1X 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
WC1X 8QF
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Sui Generis
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 October 2009
Consultation expiry
12 November 2009
Consultation start
16 October 2009
Consultation end
12 November 2009
Last date for comments
12 November 2009

Publicity

Site notice start
16 October 2009

Additional information

Documents
14

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
  • Brownfield land register: 340 Gray's Inn Road London Camden WC1X 8BGRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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Source: Camden

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