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24 - 25 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2PJ

2011/2065/PFull Planning PermissionWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn

Council decision: Withdrawn DecisionWithdrawn

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use from office use (Class B1) to residential use (Class C3) to provide eight self-contained flats (4 x one bedroom, 2 x 2 bedroom and 2 x 3 bedroom); erection of 2nd floor extension at the rear of No 25; demolition of ground floor rear extension at No 24 to reinstate garden area.

Received
18 April 2011
Decision level
Withdrawn
Ward
Bloomsbury
  1. Received18 Apr
  2. Validated9 May
  3. Consult.10 Jun
  4. Target18 Oct
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 24 - 25 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2PJ. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 394 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 2PJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
C3 Dwelling House
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 May 2011
Consultation expiry
10 June 2011
Consultation start
10 May 2011
Consultation end
10 June 2011
Committee meeting
3 November 2011

Planning decision

Decision
Withdrawn Decision
Statutory period
162 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 May 2011

Additional information

Documents
37

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.

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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Associated applications

  1. 2011
    18 Apr

    Change of use from office use (Class B1) to residential use (Class C3) to provide eight self-contained flats…

    This applicationWithdrawnFull2011/2065/P
  2. 2011
    18 Apr

    Erection of 2nd floor extension at the rear of No 25; demolition of ground floor rear extension at No 24 to…

    WithdrawnListed building consentFiled alongside2011/2066/L

Source: Camden

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