29-30 High Holborn London WC1V 6AZ
Approved on 23 October 2013
Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee
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Proposal
Change of use of basement and ground floor from bank (Class A2) to restaurant (Class A3) with alterations to rear elevation including insertion of door at ground floor level and installation of extract flue terminating at roof level.
- Received
- 27 April 2013
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Holborn & Covent Garden
- ReceivedReceived27 Apr
- ValidatedValidated2 Jul
- Consult.Consultation23 Jul
- TargetTarget Date7 Oct
- DecidedDecided23 Oct
Decided in 113 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 29-30 High Holborn London WC1V 6AZ. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 179 days, 19 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 270 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 6AZ
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Development type
- A3 Restaurants and Cafes
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 2 July 2013
- Consultation expiry
- 23 July 2013
- Consultation start
- 2 July 2013
- Consultation end
- 23 July 2013
- Last date for comments
- 1 August 2013
- Target decision date
- 7 October 2013
- Committee meeting
- 17 October 2013
- Permission expires
- 23 October 2016
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 97 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 5 July 2013
Additional information
- Documents
- 43
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bloomsbury
- Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
- 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20237 Jul
Erection of 5 storey rear extension at 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th floor levels to create 5 self-contained…
ConditionsFull Planning Permission2023/1108/P - 20192 May
2 Tables and 4 Chairs Monday to Thursday: 08:00 to 23:00 Friday to Saturday: 08:00 to 23:30, Sunday: 08:00 to…
ApprovedTables and Chairs2019/2632/TC
Source: Camden
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