2 Brunswick Centre London WC1N 1AE
Proposal
Change of use of ground floor unit from retail (Use Class A1) to mixed use retail, restaurant and takeaway (Use Class Sui Generis) (retrospective)
- Received
- 16 January 2017
- Decided
- 29 September 2017 · Granted
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Bloomsbury (Pre May 2022)
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- ReceivedSubmitted16 Jan
- ValidatedValidated3 Feb
- Consult.Consultation24 Feb
- TargetTarget Date28 Sep
- DecidedDecided29 Sep
Decided in 238 days (council typically 49)
This is a full planning application for a change of use at 2 Brunswick Centre London WC1N 1AE. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type and approves 87% of them, typically deciding them in 84 days. This one was decided in 256 days, 25 weeks longer than Camden's median. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. We hold 1,067 applications in total for the WC1N postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
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- Conservation area: BloomsburyPart of the site
- Listed building: Grade II: 1-187a O'Donnell Court and 1-212a Foundling Court and Renoir Cinema and Shops (the Brunsw…On this site · +3 more
- Article 4 direction: Basements
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
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