High Holborn House 52-54 High Holborn London WC1V 6RL
Approved on 3 June 2015
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Installation of 2 no. air conditioning units within the basement lightwell in association with the third floor office (Class B1 use).
- Received
- 5 March 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Holborn & Covent Garden
- ReceivedReceived5 Mar
- ValidatedValidated16 Apr
- Consult.Consultation7 May
- TargetTarget Date7 May
- DecidedDecided3 Jun
Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at High Holborn House 52-54 High Holborn London WC1V 6RL. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 90 days, 6 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications 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 6RL
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Development type
- B1a Business - Office
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 16 April 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 7 May 2015
- Consultation start
- 16 April 2015
- Consultation end
- 7 May 2015
- Last date for comments
- 14 May 2015
- Target decision date
- 7 May 2015
- Permission expires
- 3 June 2018
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 22 April 2015
Additional information
- Documents
- 11
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Bloomsbury
- 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
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201930 May
Display of externally illuminated fascia and projecting signs (retrospective).
ApprovedAdvertisement consent2019/2828/A - 201324 May
Installation of metal balustrade to 5th floor roof for provision of terrace and replacement of 2 windows for…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission2013/3370/P - 201317 Apr
Alterations to entrance doors on the High Holborn and Bedford Row frontages in connection with existing…
WithdrawnFull Planning Permission2013/2233/P
Source: Camden
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