39-45 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8PR
Approved on 29 September 2015
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Creation of rear balconies at first floor level.
- Received
- 29 April 2015
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Holborn & Covent Garden (Pre May 2022)
- ReceivedReceived29 Apr
- ValidatedValidated17 Jun
- Consult.Consultation29 May
- TargetTarget Date8 Jul
- DecidedDecided29 Sep
Decided in 104 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 39-45 Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8PR. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 153 days, 15 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,230 applications in total for the WC1X 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
- WC1X 8PR
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Development type
- C3 Dwelling House��
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 June 2015
- Consultation expiry
- 29 May 2015
- Consultation start
- 8 May 2015
- Consultation end
- 29 May 2015
- Last date for comments
- 4 June 2015
- Target decision date
- 8 July 2015
- Permission expires
- 29 September 2018
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 13 May 2015
Additional information
- Documents
- 14
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: 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 (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
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 201517 Apr
Display of 2 x externally illuminated fascia and 1 x externally illuminated projecting signs.
ApprovedAdvertisement consent2015/2232/A - 20153 Feb
Details of condition 6 (sound insulation measures) of planning permission ref 2013/3231/P
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2015/0543/P - 201324 May
Redevelopment to provide 16 residential units (12 x 2 bedroom, 3 x 1 bedroom and 1 x studio) and 545 sqm of…
ConditionsFull Planning Permission2013/3231/P - 201324 May
Partial demolition at Nos. 39 and 45 and full demolition at Nos. 41 and 43 Gray's Inn Road.
ConditionsConservation Area Consent2013/3452/C
Source: Camden
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