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29A Montague Street London WC1B 5BL

2016/6602/PFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 9 February 2017

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Installation of photovoltaic panels at roof level.

Received
1 December 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bloomsbury (Pre May 2022)
  1. Received1 Dec
  2. Validated23 Dec
  3. Consult.13 Jan
  4. Target13 Jan
  5. Decided9 Feb

Decided in 48 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a solar installation at 29A Montague Street London WC1B 5BL. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 70 days, 3 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 641 applications in total for the WC1B 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
WC1B 5BL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
B1 Business
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 December 2016
Consultation expiry
13 January 2017
Consultation start
23 December 2016
Consultation end
13 January 2017
Last date for comments
2 February 2017
Target decision date
13 January 2017
Permission expires
9 February 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Publicity

Site notice start
12 January 2017

Additional information

Documents
27

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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Associated applications

  1. 2016
    1 Dec

    Installation of photovoltaic panels at roof level.

    This applicationApprovedFull2016/6602/P
  2. 2016
    1 Dec

    Installation of photovoltaic panels at roof level and internal alterations to office layout

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside2016/7083/L

Source: Camden

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