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Land bounded by Fisher Street, Catton Street, 8-10 Southampton Row. (Former site of 1-2 Fisher Street and 2-6 (even) Catton Street.

2013/1477/PFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 5 January 2015

Council decision: Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal AgreementPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Development of Crossrail site for the erection of a part 8/part 9 storey building to provide 22 residential units (Class C3) namely 5 x 1-bedroom, 14 x 2-bedroom, 2 x 3-bedroom and 1 x 4-bedroom self-contained flats with associated entrances, refuse and cycle storage and substation; alterations to ground floor facade and screening of Crossrail head house building. This application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement.

Received
13 March 2013
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden
  1. Received13 Mar
  2. Validated5 Apr
  3. Consult.20 May
  4. Target18 Jul
  5. Decided5 Jan

Decided in 640 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Land bounded by Fisher Street, Catton Street, 8-10 Southampton Row. (Former site of 1-2 Fisher Street and 2-6 (even) Catton Street.. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 663 days, 88 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address.

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

Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
C3 Dwelling House
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
22

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 April 2013
Consultation expiry
20 May 2013
Consultation start
5 April 2013
Consultation end
20 May 2013
Last date for comments
20 May 2013
Target decision date
18 July 2014
Committee meeting
7 November 2013
Permission expires
5 January 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
469 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 April 2013

Additional information

Documents
55

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Listed building: Grade II: Carlisle HouseOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 8-10 Southampton Row and 1 Fisher Street, London, WC1B 4AERegister 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 (20)

flood storage areas, conservation 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.

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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