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295 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8QF

2009/3844/PFull Planning PermissionWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn

Council decision: Withdrawn DecisionWithdrawn

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Proposal

Part change of use from office use (Class A2) on basement, ground, 1st, 2nd and 3rd floors to non self-contained student accommodation (Sui Generis) comprising of nine bedsits with communal facilities, and retention of existing office unit (Class A2) at front ground floor level, erection of single storey rear extension at second floor level, creation of lightwell at the rear ground and first floor levels and excavation of new lightwell at front with associated railings and staircase and alterations to ground floor shop front.

Received
23 June 2009
Decision level
Withdrawn
Ward
Kings Cross
  1. Received23 Jun
  2. Validated10 Dec
  3. Consult.27 Jan
  4. Target27 Jan
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application for a single storey rear extension at 295 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8QF. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. 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
A1 Shop, A2 Financial and Professional, B1 Business, Sui Generis
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 December 2009
Consultation expiry
27 January 2010
Consultation start
14 December 2009
Consultation end
27 January 2010
Last date for comments
27 January 2010

Planning decision

Decision
Withdrawn Decision
Statutory period
48 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 December 2009

Additional information

Documents
13

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Camden

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