39-45 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8PR
Approved on 14 November 2013
Council decision: Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal AgreementPlanning committee
Proposal
Partial demolition at Nos. 39 and 45 and full demolition at Nos. 41 and 43 Gray's Inn Road.
- Received
- 24 May 2013
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Holborn & Covent Garden
- ReceivedReceived24 May
- ValidatedValidated4 Jul
- Consult.Consultation25 Jul
- TargetTarget Date16 Sep
- DecidedDecided14 Nov
Decided in 133 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application for demolition at 39-45 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8PR. Camden has handled 1,652 applications of this type. This one was decided in 174 days, 18 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,230 applications in total for the WC1X postcode area.
97% of heritage 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
- WC1X 8PR
- Application type
- Conservation Area Consent
- Development type
- A1 Shop, C3 Dwelling House
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 4 July 2013
- Consultation expiry
- 25 July 2013
- Consultation start
- 4 July 2013
- Consultation end
- 25 July 2013
- Last date for comments
- 8 August 2013
- Target decision date
- 16 September 2013
- Committee meeting
- 26 September 2013
- Permission expires
- 14 November 2016
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 74 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 10 July 2013
Additional information
- Documents
- 2
Site constraints
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: 20-21 King's Mews London WC1N 2JBRegister 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.
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Associated applications
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ConditionsFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside2013/3231/P - 201324 May
Partial demolition at Nos. 39 and 45 and full demolition at Nos. 41 and 43 Gray's Inn Road.
This applicationConditionsHeritage2013/3452/C
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201529 Apr
Creation of rear balconies at first floor level.
ApprovedFull Planning Permission2015/2442/P - 201517 Apr
Display of 2 x externally illuminated fascia and 1 x externally illuminated projecting signs.
ApprovedAdvertisement consent2015/2232/A - 20153 Feb
Details of condition 6 (sound insulation measures) of planning permission ref 2013/3231/P
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2015/0543/P
Source: Camden
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