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High Holborn House 52-54 High Holborn London WC1V 6RL

2013/2233/PFull Planning PermissionWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn

Council decision: Withdrawn DecisionWithdrawn

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

Proposal

Alterations to entrance doors on the High Holborn and Bedford Row frontages in connection with existing office use (Class B1a).

Received
17 April 2013
Decision level
Withdrawn
Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden
  1. Received17 Apr
  2. Validated25 Apr
  3. Consult.16 May
  4. Target16 May
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application at High Holborn House 52-54 High Holborn London WC1V 6RL. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 269 applications in total for the WC1V 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
WC1V 6RL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
B1a Business - Office
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 April 2013
Consultation expiry
16 May 2013
Consultation start
25 April 2013
Consultation end
16 May 2013

Planning decision

Decision
Withdrawn Decision
Statutory period
21 days

Publicity

Site notice start
1 May 2013

Additional information

Documents
7

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: Bloomsbury
  • Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: Land Bounded by 50-57 High Holborn, (including Brownlow House High Holborn House & Caroli…Register 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, 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 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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Source: Camden

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