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4 Tavistock Place London WC1H 9RA

2015/0837/PFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 22 September 2015

Planning committee

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Proposal

Change of use from office (Class B1a) to 9 residential units (Class C3), comprising 1 x studio, 2 x 1 bed, 5 x 2 bed and 1 x 3 bed flats, excavation of single storey rear basement extension and lightwell, erection of part storey sixth floor roof extension, erection of single storey third and fourth floor rear extensions, erection of upper level rear terraces and alterations to rear windows

Received
10 February 2015
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Bloomsbury
  1. Received10 Feb
  2. Validated5 Mar
  3. Consult.31 Mar
  4. Target22 Sep
  5. Decided22 Sep

Decided in 201 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 4 Tavistock Place London WC1H 9RA. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 224 days, 25 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 395 applications across Bloomsbury. We hold 814 applications in total for the WC1H 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
WC1H 9RA
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
C3 Dwelling House
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 March 2015
Consultation expiry
31 March 2015
Consultation start
5 March 2015
Consultation end
31 March 2015
Last date for comments
21 August 2015
Target decision date
22 September 2015
Committee meeting
24 September 2015

Planning decision

Statutory period
201 days

Publicity

Site notice start
11 March 2015

Additional information

Documents
51

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2015
    10 Feb

    Change of use from office (Class B1a) to 9 residential units (Class C3), comprising 1 x studio, 2 x 1 bed, 5…

    This applicationRefusedFull2015/0837/P
  2. 2015
    10 Feb

    Excavation of single storey rear basement extension and lightwell, erection of part storey sixth floor roof…

    WithdrawnListed building consentFiled alongside2015/1301/L

Source: Camden

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