10 John Street London WC1N 2EB
Approved on 2 February 2016
Council decision: Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal AgreementDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Change of use of building from office (Class B1a) to a 5 bedroom dwelling (Class C3)
- Received
- 7 April 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Holborn & Covent Garden
- ReceivedReceived7 Apr
- ValidatedValidated18 May
- Consult.Consultation8 Jun
- TargetTarget Date13 Jul
- DecidedDecided2 Feb
Decided in 260 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 10 John Street London WC1N 2EB. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 301 days, 36 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application 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 2EB
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Development type
- C3 Dwelling House
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 18 May 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 8 June 2015
- Consultation start
- 18 May 2015
- Consultation end
- 8 June 2015
- Last date for comments
- 22 June 2015
- Target decision date
- 13 July 2015
- Permission expires
- 2 February 2019
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 20 May 2015
Additional information
- Documents
- 17
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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201424 Dec
Change of use from offices (Class B1) at ground & 1st floor levels to residential use (Class C3) to provide a…
WithdrawnAmendment2014/7962/P - 200920 Mar
External works to Grade II listed office building (Class A2) to include roof repairs, render repairs and…
ApprovedListed building consent2009/1235/L
Source: Camden
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