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The Lighthouse Block 283-297 Pentonville Road and 370-380 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X

2011/1413/AAdvertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 11 July 2011

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Display of hoarding at ground level and shroud covering the entire building with a 1:1 image of the proposed building on the buildings western apex and advertisements at first to roof level on the flank elevations.

Received
18 March 2011
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Kings Cross
  1. Received18 Mar
  2. Validated25 May
  3. Consult.17 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Jul

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at The Lighthouse Block 283-297 Pentonville Road and 370-380 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X. Camden has handled 499 applications of this type. This one was decided in 115 days, 9 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Cross and St Pancras conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Kings Cross.

81% of advertising 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

Application type
Advertisement Consent
Development type
B1 Business
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 May 2011
Consultation expiry
17 June 2011
Consultation start
25 May 2011
Consultation end
17 June 2011
Last date for comments
17 June 2011
Permission expires
11 July 2014

Additional information

Documents
27

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.

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Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2023
    1 Dec

    Variation of condition 5 (opening hours) of planning permission 2008/5358/P

    PendingVariation of conditions (s73)2023/5107/P
  2. 2013
    9 May

    Temporary display of hoarding and shroud with a 1:1 image of the proposed building on the western apex and…

    ApprovedAdvertisement consent2013/2776/A
  3. 2008
    5 Nov

    Demolition of existing ground plus three storey building with retention and refurbishment of the facades and…

    ConditionsFull Planning Permission2008/5358/P
  4. 2008
    5 Nov

    Works associated with the demolition of existing ground plus three storey building with retention and…

    ApprovedListed building consent2008/5366/L
  5. 2008
    5 Nov

    Demolition of 283 Grays Inn Road and 370 Grays Inn Road and substantial demolition behind retained facades of…

    ApprovedConservation Area Consent2008/5367/C

Source: Camden

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