57 Gower Street London WC1E 6HJ
Approved on 13 September 2011
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Internal alterations at lower ground floor level to convert dining room and office into additional bedrooms to existing hotel (Class C1).
- Received
- 28 June 2011
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Bloomsbury
- ReceivedReceived28 Jun
- ValidatedValidated21 Jul
- Consult.Consultation19 Jul
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided13 Sep
Decided in 54 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at 57 Gower Street London WC1E 6HJ. Camden has handled 1,652 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 2 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 395 applications in total for the WC1E postcode area.
97% of heritage 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
- WC1E 6HJ
- Application type
- Listed Building Consent
- Development type
- C1 Hotel
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 July 2011
- Last date for comments
- 19 July 2011
- Permission expires
- 13 September 2014
Additional information
- Documents
- 16
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.
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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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201116 Mar
Internal additions and alterations to include the provisions of new rooms, ensuite and kitchen at basement…
RefusedListed building consent2011/1335/L - 20115 Mar
External and internal alteration to existing Hotel (Class C1) including the provision of a new single storey…
RefusedListed building consent2011/1100/L - 20115 Mar
External alteration to existing Hotel (Class C1) including the provision of a new single storey rear…
RefusedFull Planning Permission2011/1098/P
Source: Camden
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