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Kathleen Lonsdale Building University College London Gower Place London WC1E 6BT

2016/6214/LApproval of Details (Listed Building)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 11 January 2017

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Approval of condition 4 (b) ganted under reference 2014/7310/L dated 28/01/15 for: Alterations in connection with the replacement of plant & machinery, new flues & louvres, replacement of external entrance doors, installation of double glazing to rear windows, including internal alterations to entrance hall security desk, creation of new student hub, reconfiguration of internal layouts involving various alterations to doors, partitions & joinery.

Received
11 November 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bloomsbury (Pre May 2022)
  1. Received11 Nov
  2. Validated5 Dec
  3. Consult.11 Nov
  4. Target30 Jan
  5. Decided11 Jan

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at Kathleen Lonsdale Building University College London Gower Place London WC1E 6BT. Camden has handled 1,652 applications of this type. This one was decided in 61 days, 12 days longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 395 applications in total for the WC1E 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
WC1E 6BT
Application type
Approval of Details (Listed Building)
Development type
D1 Non-Residential Institution
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
5 December 2016
Last date for comments
11 November 2016
Target decision date
30 January 2017
Permission expires
11 January 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

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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Source: Camden

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