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295 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8QL

2011/2261/PFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved

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

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of 1st, 2nd & 3rd floors from offices (Class B1) and a flat (Class C3) to 2 x self contained flats (Class C3) plus external alterations including a rear extension at second floor level.

Received
3 May 2011
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Kings Cross
  1. Received3 May
  2. Validated20 May
  3. Consult.27 Jun
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 295 Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8QL. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 3 May 2011 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the King's Cross and St Pancras conservation area, with 6 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Kings Cross. We hold 1,230 applications in total for the WC1X 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
WC1X 8QL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
C3 Dwelling House
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 May 2011
Consultation expiry
27 June 2011
Consultation start
23 May 2011
Consultation end
27 June 2011
Last date for comments
27 June 2011
Permission expires
13 July 2014

Planning decision

Decision
Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal Agreement

Publicity

Site notice start
25 May 2011

Additional information

Documents
16

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Kings Cross St Pancras
  • 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 (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.

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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2011
    3 May

    Change of use of 1st, 2nd & 3rd floors from offices (Class B1) and a flat (Class C3) to 2 x self contained…

    This applicationConditionsFull2011/2261/P
  2. 2011
    3 May

    Change of use from offices (Class B1) to a residential flat at basement level (Class C3) and financial…

    ConditionsFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside2011/2276/P

Source: Camden

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