5 Northington Street London WC1N 2JE
Approved on 24 February 2015
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Existing flat roof converted to new roof terrace, erection of glass stair enclosure and associated external alterations.
- Received
- 23 December 2014
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Holborn & Covent Garden
- ReceivedReceived23 Dec
- ValidatedValidated12 Jan
- Consult.Consultation2 Feb
- TargetTarget Date9 Mar
- DecidedDecided24 Feb
Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 5 Northington Street London WC1N 2JE. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 63 days, 2 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 10 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 2JE
- Application type
- Householder Application
- Development type
- C3 Dwelling House
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 January 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 2 February 2015
- Consultation start
- 14 January 2014
- Consultation end
- 2 February 2015
- Last date for comments
- 5 February 2015
- Target decision date
- 9 March 2015
- Permission expires
- 24 February 2018
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 14 January 2014
Additional information
- Documents
- 10
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- 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.
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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Source: Camden
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