4 Tavistock Place London WC1H 9RA
Approved on 24 August 2011
Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee
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Proposal
Installation of 2 x air conditioning units within steel enclosure in rear garden, enclosed by timber fencing in connection with existing offices (Class B1) (part retrospective).
- Received
- 16 June 2011
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Bloomsbury
- ReceivedReceived16 Jun
- ValidatedValidated6 Jul
- Consult.Consultation28 Jul
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided24 Aug
Decided in 49 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 4 Tavistock Place London WC1H 9RA. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 3 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 395 applications across Bloomsbury. 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 9RA
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Development type
- B1 Business
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 July 2011
- Consultation expiry
- 28 July 2011
- Consultation start
- 7 July 2011
- Consultation end
- 28 July 2011
- Last date for comments
- 4 August 2011
- Permission expires
- 24 August 2014
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 8 July 2011
Additional information
- Documents
- 8
Site constraints
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 (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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Associated applications
- 201116 Jun
Installation of 2 x air conditioning units within steel enclosure in rear garden, enclosed by timber fencing…
This applicationApprovedFull2011/3048/P - 201116 Jun
Installation of 2 x air conditioning units within steel enclosure in rear garden, enclosed by timber fencing…
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside2011/3049/L
Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201510 Feb
Change of use from office (Class B1a) to 9 residential units (Class C3), comprising 1 x studio, 2 x 1 bed, 5…
RefusedFull Planning Permission2015/0837/P - 201510 Feb
Excavation of single storey rear basement extension and lightwell, erection of part storey sixth floor roof…
WithdrawnListed building consent2015/1301/L
Source: Camden
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- Orient Construction Consultancy LimitedVerifiedLondon2.8 mi
- Building Services LondonVerifiedLondonExtensionsLoft Conversions4.8 mi
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