45 Sidmouth Street London WC1H 8JB

2011/0503/PFull Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 28 April 2011

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

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Proposal

Erection of two new buildings comprising one part 5-storey, part 4-storey building with basement and one 4-storey building with basement, totalling 52 self contained dwellings (to include 8 units of social rented affordable housing).

Received: 27 January 2011
Decision level: Planning committee
Council: London Borough of Camden
Ward: Kings Cross

ReceivedReceived27 Jan
ValidatedValidated9 Feb
Consult.Consultation7 Mar
TargetTarget Date31 Mar
DecidedDecided28 Apr

Decided in 78 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 45 Sidmouth Street London WC1H 8JB. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 91 days, 6 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Kings Cross. We hold 814 applications in total for the WC1H 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: WC1H 8JB
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Development type: C3 Dwelling House, Sui Generis
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 52

Planning application dates

Date validated: 9 February 2011
Consultation expiry: 7 March 2011
Consultation start: 10 February 2011
Consultation end: 7 March 2011
Last date for comments: 10 March 2011
Target decision date: 31 March 2011
Committee meeting: 7 April 2011
Permission expires: 28 April 2014

Planning decision

Statutory period: 50 days

Publicity

Site notice start: 10 February 2011

Additional information

Documents: 32

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Bloomsbury
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.

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Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

2013
6 Mar
Submission of details as requested by condition 4 (brown roof details to be submitted and approved) of…
WithdrawnDischarge of conditions2013/1303/P

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