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Wilkins Building Gower Street London WC1E 6HJ

2016/6789/PFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 16 January 2018

Delegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

External lighting improvement works to the Wilkins portico and roof and associated lighting cable infrastructure internally within the building.

Received
9 December 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bloomsbury (Pre May 2022)
  1. Received9 Dec
  2. Validated17 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target7 Feb
  5. Decided16 Jan

Decided in 364 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at Wilkins Building Gower Street London WC1E 6HJ. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 403 days, 51 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. We hold 395 applications in total for the WC1E 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
WC1E 6HJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
D1 Non-Residential Institution
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
17 January 2017
Consultation expiry
16 February 2017
Consultation start
17 January 2017
Consultation end
16 February 2017
Last date for comments
17 February 2017
Target decision date
7 February 2017

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 January 2017

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2016
    9 Dec

    External lighting improvement works to the Wilkins portico and roof and associated lighting cable…

    This applicationRefusedFull2016/6789/P
  2. 2016
    9 Dec

    External lighting improvement works to the Wilkins portico and roof and associated lighting cable…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside2017/0253/L

Planning history at this site

5 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    22 Oct

    Change in materials to the Provost terrace area and introduction of new step details, redecoration of…

    ApprovedListed building consent2025/4754/L
  2. 2025
    20 Oct

    Installation of exhibition boards, partition walls, and lightboxes, for the relocation of the UCL Art Museum…

    ApprovedListed building consent2025/4714/L
  3. 2019
    11 Jan

    The refurbishment of the Wilkins Building Old Refectory and adjacent spaces, including upgraded WC…

    ApprovedFull Planning Permission2019/0456/P
  4. 2019
    11 Jan

    The refurbishment of the Wilkins Building Old Refectory and adjacent spaces, including upgraded WC…

    ApprovedListed building consent2019/0165/L
  5. 2018
    15 Nov

    Replacement of four doors within the North and South Cloisters

    ApprovedListed building consent2018/5652/L

Source: Camden

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