26 Harrison Street London WC1H 8JW
Approved on 4 April 2013
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Creation of lightwell on the west side elevation of an existing office building (Class B1a).
- Received
- 21 February 2013
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Kings Cross
- ReceivedReceived21 Feb
- ValidatedValidated6 Mar
- Consult.Consultation27 Mar
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided4 Apr
Decided in 29 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 26 Harrison Street London WC1H 8JW. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 42 days, 7 days quicker than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Kings Cross. 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 8JW
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Development type
- B1a Business - Office
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 March 2013
- Consultation expiry
- 27 March 2013
- Consultation end
- 27 March 2013
- Last date for comments
- 27 March 2013
- Permission expires
- 4 April 2016
Additional information
- Documents
- 12
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Article 4 direction: Basements
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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.
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Source: Camden
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