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42 Bedford Row London WC1R 4LL

2013/3574/PFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 23 July 2013

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Replacement of skylights on the roof of the ground floor rear extensions of existing offices (Class B1)

Received
7 June 2013
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden
  1. Received7 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jun
  3. Consult.9 Jul
  4. Target
  5. Decided23 Jul

Decided in 35 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 42 Bedford Row London WC1R 4LL. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 46 days, 3 days quicker 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
B1 Business
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 June 2013
Consultation expiry
9 July 2013
Consultation start
18 June 2013
Consultation end
9 July 2013
Last date for comments
18 July 2013
Permission expires
23 July 2016

Publicity

Site notice start
21 June 2013

Additional information

Documents
19

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

  1. 2013
    7 Jun

    Replacement of skylights on the roof of the ground floor rear extensions of existing offices (Class B1)

    This applicationApprovedFull2013/3574/P
  2. 2013
    7 Jun

    Replacement of skylights on the roof of the ground floor rear extensions of existing offices (Class B1)

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside2013/3715/L

Source: Camden

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