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Kings Cross Central Development Zone B (Building B5) / 4 Pancras Square York Way London N1C 4AG

2014/6968/PApproval of Reserved MattersApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 23 January 2015

Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee

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

Proposal

Reserved matters relating to Development Zone B (Plot B5), for the erection of an 11 storey building, plus lower ground and basement levels, for use as offices (Class B1) on upper floors and shopping/food and drink uses (Classes A1-A5) at ground and lower floor levels, roof garden and landscaping as required by conditions 6, 9, 10, 12, 14, 16-23, 27-28, 31, 33-38, 45-46, 48-49, 50A, 51, 56, 60, 64-67 of outline planning permission granted 22/12/2006 subject to a S106 agreement (2004/2307/P) for a comprehensive, phased, mixed-use development of former railway lands within the Kings Cross Opportunity Area.

Received
7 November 2014
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
St Pancras & Somers Town
  1. Received7 Nov
  2. Validated18 Nov
  3. Consult.9 Dec
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided23 Jan

Decided in 66 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an outline application at Kings Cross Central Development Zone B (Building B5) / 4 Pancras Square York Way London N1C 4AG. Camden has handled 178 applications of this type. This one was decided in 77 days, 4 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Cross and St Pancras conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 119 applications in total for the N1C postcode area.

97% of outline 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
N1C 4AG
Application type
Approval of Reserved Matters
Development type
B1 Business
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 November 2014
Consultation expiry
9 December 2014
Consultation start
18 November 2014
Consultation end
9 December 2014
Last date for comments
18 December 2014
Target decision date
13 January 2015
Committee meeting
22 January 2015
Permission expires
23 January 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
21 November 2014

Additional information

Documents
27

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: Kings Cross St Pancras
  • Article 4 direction: Basements
  • 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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© 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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  5. 2011
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  7. 2011
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  8. 2009
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  9. 2009
    21 Jan

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  10. 2009
    7 Jan

    Amendments to planning permission ref: 2007/3284/P

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2009/0208/P
  11. 2008
    20 Nov

    Details of enabling works, for movement and storage of the gas holder guide frame (condition 25), in respect…

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  12. 2008
    20 Nov

    Details of location of gas holder no. 8 in development zone N (condition 53(a)) and programme of building…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2008/5666/P
  13. 2008
    20 Nov

    Works to relocate and store dismantled Gas Holder Triplet Guide Frame (to facilitate outline application…

    ApprovedListed building consentRelated2008/5825/L
  14. 2007
    15 Feb

    Submission of details of: specification, design and layout for the realignment of Pancras Road; details of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2007/0729/P
  15. 2004
    27 May

    Outline application for a comprehensive, phased, mixed-use development of former railway lands within the…

    ConditionsOutline Planning PermissionPart of2004/2307/P

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