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8 John Street London WC1N 2ES

2015/2076/LListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 10 June 2015

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Internal and external alterations to include the widening of existing opening at ground floor level and erection of the national flag of Kosova on a projecting flagpole above the entrance door to the front elevation of the Republic of Kosovo Embassy.

Received
9 April 2015
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden
  1. Received9 Apr
  2. Validated21 Apr
  3. Consult.12 May
  4. Target16 Jun
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 8 John Street London WC1N 2ES. Camden has handled 1,652 applications of this type. This one was decided in 62 days, 13 days longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded 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 2ES
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Development type
B1a Business - Office
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
21 April 2015
Consultation expiry
12 May 2015
Consultation start
21 April 2015
Consultation end
12 May 2015
Last date for comments
21 May 2015
Target decision date
16 June 2015
Permission expires
10 June 2018

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 April 2015

Additional information

Documents
7

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 2 to 9 and Attached RailingsOn or next to this site
  • 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.

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Source: Camden

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