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Former 277a Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8OF

2017/0003/PVariation or Removal of Condition(s)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 28 July 2017

Council decision: Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal AgreementDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (Approved plans) , 13 (Ductwork) and 23 (sustainable drainage) AND submission of details relating to conditions 3 (Materials), 6 (Landscaping), 9 (Contamination), 10 (Cycle parking), 14/15 (Privacy Screens), 17 (Piling), 20 (Appointment of qualified engineer), 21 (Living roofs), 22 (Ecology), 24 (Noise), 26 (Basement works method statement/report) and 27 (Tree protection) for planning permission ref 2014/4267/P dated 10/10/2014 (as amended by 2015/2285/P dated 31/07/2015) for mixed use redevelopment of the site including 60 homes following demolition of existing building. Changes to scheme include: basement size and plant room arrangement; alterations to commercial floorspace on the lower ground and ground levels and addition of office use (Class B1) to flexible options for cafe/gallery/retail space; revised Sustainable Urban Drainage Strategy (SUDS) strategy; elevational changes; use of alternative materials; changes to the composition of the Birkenhead Estate wall; modification to the landscaping; and alterations to the cycle parking.

Received
23 December 2016
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kings Cross (Pre May 2022)
  1. Received23 Dec
  2. Validated13 Feb
  3. Consult.13 Mar
  4. Target
  5. Decided28 Jul

Decided in 165 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at Former 277a Grays Inn Road London WC1X 8OF. Camden has handled 713 applications of this type. This one was decided in 217 days, 24 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Cross and St Pancras conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,230 applications in total for the WC1X postcode area.

98% of conditions 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 8OF
Application type
Variation or Removal of Condition(s)
Development type
C3 Dwelling House
Scale / size
Large
Number of dwellings
60

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 February 2017
Consultation expiry
13 March 2017
Consultation start
13 February 2017
Consultation end
13 March 2017
Last date for comments
13 March 2017
Permission expires
28 July 2020

Publicity

Site notice start
17 February 2017

Additional information

Documents
96

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Kings Cross St Pancras
  • Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 340 Gray's Inn Road London Camden WC1X 8BGRegister 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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Source: Camden

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