42 & 43 Bedford Row London WC1R 4LL

2013/1321/PFull Planning PermissionApproved

Full

Approved on 22 May 2013

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

External repairs and maintenance to grade II listed building (Class B1).

Received: 7 March 2013
Decision level: Delegated (officer decision)
Council: London Borough of Camden
Ward: Holborn & Covent Garden

ReceivedReceived7 Mar
ValidatedValidated5 Apr
Consult.Consultation26 Apr
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided22 May

Decided in 47 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 42 & 43 Bedford Row London WC1R 4LL. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 76 days, 4 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 208 applications in total for the WC1R 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: WC1R 4LL
Application type: Full Planning Permission
Development type: B1a Business - Office
Scale / size: Small

Planning application dates

Date validated: 5 April 2013
Consultation expiry: 26 April 2013
Consultation start: 5 April 2013
Consultation end: 26 April 2013
Last date for comments: 9 May 2013
Permission expires: 22 May 2016

Publicity

Site notice start: 10 April 2013

Additional information

Documents: 35

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Bloomsbury
Listed building: Grade II: Numbers 42 and 43 and Attached RailingsOn this site · +1 more
Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
Brownfield land register: 46, 47 & 47a Bedford Row London WC1R 4LRRegister site at or near this address
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (19)

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 and heritage coasts.

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Associated applications

2013
7 Mar
External repairs and maintenance to grade II listed building (Class B1).
This applicationApprovedFull2013/1321/P
2013
7 Mar
External repairs and maintenance to grade II listed building (Class B1).
ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside2013/1933/L

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Camden

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