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11 John Street London WC1N 2EB

2015/0298/LListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 25 March 2015

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Excavation of basement extension to the rear and side, demolition of part of the existing rear extension at ground floor level to create two courtyards, replacement of existing fenestration at ground and second floor level to front elevation, installation of new door at rear first floor, installation of first floor rear skylight, removal of part existing roof and replacement with dummy mansard roof to accommodate a green roof terrace, and other associated internal alterations to include removal of existing upper staircase and installation of new stair.

Received
20 January 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.19 Feb
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 62 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at 11 John Street London WC1N 2EB. Camden has handled 1,652 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 2 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 1,071 applications in total for the WC1N 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
WC1N 2EB
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Development type
C3 Dwelling House
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2015
Consultation start
28 January 2015
Last date for comments
19 February 2015
Target decision date
19 March 2015
Permission expires
25 March 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
28 January 2015

Additional information

Documents
46

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
  • Listed building: Grade II: 8, Northington StreetOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Basements
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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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.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Camden

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