298 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8DX
Approved on 12 January 2017
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Use of flats B (second floor) and C (third floor) as 2 x 1 bed self-contained flats (Use Class C3).
- Received
- 18 November 2016
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Kings Cross (Pre May 2022)
- ReceivedReceived18 Nov
- ValidatedValidated21 Nov
- Consult.Consultation18 Nov
- TargetTarget Date16 Jan
- DecidedDecided12 Jan
Decided in 52 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to amend a permission at 298 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8DX. Camden has handled 241 applications of this type. This one was decided in 55 days, 6 days longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,230 applications in total for the WC1X postcode area.
100% of amendment 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 8DX
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness (Existing)
- Development type
- C3 Dwelling House
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 21 November 2016
- Last date for comments
- 18 November 2016
- Target decision date
- 16 January 2017
- Permission expires
- 12 January 2020
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 5
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bloomsbury
- Listed building: (North side) Nos.54-72 (Even) and attached railingsOn or next to this site
- Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
- Brownfield land register: Battle Bridge House, Offices And Premises At Basement-6th Floors 300-306 Gray's Inn Road…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.
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.
- 202111 Mar
Change of use on lower ground floor and ground floor from Class E (Estate agents) to Class E (b) (restaurant)…
PendingFull Planning Permission2021/1129/P - 200621 Dec
Change of use of the ground and basement floors from retail use (Class A1) to financial/professional services…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission2006/5855/P
Source: Camden
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