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High Holborn House 52-54 High Holborn London WC1V 6BS

2015/0419/INVALIDFull Planning PermissionWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn

Council decision: Withdrawn DecisionWithdrawn-Council

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of 2 x air-conditioning units to replace existing at roof level

Received
27 January 2015
Decision level
Withdrawn-Council
Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden
  1. Received27 Jan
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a full planning application at High Holborn House 52-54 High Holborn London WC1V 6BS. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 269 applications in total for the WC1V 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
WC1V 6BS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
B1 Business
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Validated
27 January 2015

Planning decision

Decision
Withdrawn Decision

Additional information

Documents
3

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 46, 47, 47a, and 48 and Attached RailingsOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • 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 · +2 more
  • 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.

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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© 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.

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Source: Camden

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