Kings Cross Central - Main site Development Zone R4 (Land bounded by York Way and new proposed streets East Street and East Lane) York Way London N1

2011/3430/PApproval of DetailsApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 4 August 2011

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Details pursuant to condition 1(c) (full scale sample panel of the whole bay one grid, brick piers, floor plate, windows and metal spandrel to be retained on site) of reserved matters dated 15/04/10 (2010/0389/P) for the erection of a 15 storey building within Development Zone R4 to be used for residential purposes from upper ground level to level 14 (total of 117 units comprising 78 general needs social rented, 24 shared ownership and 15 mental health supporting housing), internal cycle parking and services area at lower ground floor level and retail/cafe /bar/takeaway uses (classes A1-A5), office (Class B1) and/or potential community and leisure uses (Classes D1-D2) at ground floor level on the York Way frontage, together with adjacent public realm and new road junctions; submission of associated details in compliance with condition nos. 3, 9, 10, 12, 16-24, 27-30, 43, 56, 60, 61, 62, and 64-67 of Outline Permission reference 2004/2307/P, dated 22nd December 2006 (for a comprehensive, phased, mixed-use development of former railway lands within the Kings Cross Opportunity Area).

Received: 8 July 2011
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Camden
Ward: St Pancras & Somers Town

ReceivedReceived8 Jul
ValidatedValidated14 Jul
Consult.Consultation8 Jul
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided4 Aug

Decided in 21 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at Kings Cross Central - Main site Development Zone R4 (Land bounded by York Way and new proposed streets East Street and East Lane) York Way London N1. Camden has handled 713 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 weeks quicker than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Cross and St Pancras conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address.

98% of conditions 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: Approval of Details
Development type: A1 Shop, A2 Financial and Professional, A3 Restaurants and Cafes, A4 Drinking Establishments, A5 Hot Food Takeaways, B1 Business, C3 Dwelling House, D1 Non-Residential Institution, D2 Assembly and Leisure
Scale / size: Large
Number of dwellings: 117

Planning application dates

Date validated: 14 July 2011
Last date for comments: 8 July 2011
Permission expires: 4 August 2014

Additional information

Documents: 3

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
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.

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