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17 Little Russell Street London WC1A 2HL

2011/0362/PFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 24 May 2011

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from hairdresser (Class A1) to residential dwelling (Class C3) at ground and basement floor level; including extension into front lightwell, and the installation of windows at front and rear basement level.

Received
25 January 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden
  1. Received25 Jan
  2. Validated29 Mar
  3. Consult.28 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 May

Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 17 Little Russell Street London WC1A 2HL. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 10 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 179 applications in total for the WC1A 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
WC1A 2HL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
C3 Dwelling House
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 March 2011
Consultation expiry
28 April 2011
Consultation start
1 April 2011
Consultation end
28 April 2011
Last date for comments
28 April 2011

Publicity

Site notice start
1 April 2011

Additional information

Documents
8

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bloomsbury
  • Listed building: Grade II: 18-21, Little Russell StreetOn or next to this site
  • 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 (20)

flood storage areas, 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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Source: Camden

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