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55-57 High Holborn London WC1N 6DX

2013/4051/PFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 30 September 2013

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Change of use at part 1st and 2nd floor levels from restaurant/bar (A3/A4) to office (B1). Alterations to the facades of the building to include refurbishment of south facade, installation of a new shopfront, window replacement to north, east and west facades, installation of new door at third floor level leading to new roof terrace with privacy screen and installation of plant with acoustic screen at roof level .

Received
27 June 2013
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden
  1. Received27 Jun
  2. Validated18 Jul
  3. Consult.6 Sep
  4. Target
  5. Decided30 Sep

Decided in 74 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 55-57 High Holborn London WC1N 6DX. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 95 days, 7 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,071 applications in total for the WC1N 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
WC1N 6DX
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
B1a Business - Office
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 July 2013
Consultation expiry
6 September 2013
Consultation start
18 July 2013
Consultation end
6 September 2013
Last date for comments
6 September 2013
Permission expires
30 September 2016

Publicity

Site notice start
24 July 2013

Additional information

Documents
18

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 · +1 more
  • 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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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

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Source: Camden

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