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19 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2NS

2011/1355/PFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 10 May 2011

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Retrospective change of use of offices (Class B1) to an alternative use of either offices (Class B1) or a language school (Class D1) at first, second and third floor.

Received
17 March 2011
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bloomsbury
  1. Received17 Mar
  2. Validated23 Mar
  3. Consult.29 Apr
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 May

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 19 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2NS. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 54 days, 5 days longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 395 applications across Bloomsbury. 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 2NS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
B1 Business, D1 Non-Residential Institution
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 March 2011
Consultation expiry
29 April 2011
Consultation start
28 March 2011
Consultation end
29 April 2011
Last date for comments
29 April 2011
Permission expires
10 May 2014

Additional information

Documents
15

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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