1-5 Kings Cross Bridge, 281 Pentonville Road and 368 Grays Inn Road London N1 9NW
Approved on 15 August 2017
Council decision: Granted subject to a Section 106 Legal Agreement and Warning of Enforcement ActionDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission reference: 2014/0371/P dated 26/08/2014 (for the erection of a three storey building comprising retail/restaurant (Class A1/A3) at ground floor and office (Class B1a) at first and second floors and roof top plant, following demolition of existing building) to amend the access from street to basement levels; raise the ground floor slab to allow access to underground tunnels; provision of basement services (cycle/refuse storage); alterations to upper floor layout; infill of approved void between first and second floor levels; provision of a full length facade to the ground floor elevation facing Kings Cross Bridge; revised materials for office entrance on Grays Inn Road and an increase in the height of approved plant screen, and Variation of Condition 3 (method statement) to allow some above ground development to commence prior to the submission/approval of the method statement for development proposed below ground level.
- Received
- 28 February 2017
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Kings Cross (Pre May 2022)
- ReceivedReceived28 Feb
- ValidatedValidated20 Mar
- Consult.Consultation17 May
- TargetTarget Date19 Jun
- DecidedDecided15 Aug
Decided in 148 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an application to vary a condition at 1-5 Kings Cross Bridge, 281 Pentonville Road and 368 Grays Inn Road London N1 9NW. Camden has handled 713 applications of this type. This one was decided in 168 days, 17 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Cross and St Pancras conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 4,098 applications in total for the N1 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
- N1 9NW
- Application type
- Variation or Removal of Condition(s)
- Development type
- A1 Shop, A3 Restaurants and Cafes, B1a Business - Office
- Scale / size
- Medium
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 20 March 2017
- Consultation expiry
- 17 May 2017
- Consultation start
- 20 March 2017
- Consultation end
- 17 May 2017
- Last date for comments
- 1 June 2017
- Target decision date
- 19 June 2017
- Permission expires
- 15 August 2020
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 91 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 22 March 2017
Additional information
- Documents
- 43
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Kings Cross St Pancras
- Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.
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Associated applications
- 201928 Nov
Details of condition 3 (refuse) of permission ref: 2017/1206/P
PendingVariation of conditions (s73)2019/5980/P - 201820 Nov
Detailed drawings/samples of materials as required by condition 9 of planning permission ref 2017/1206/P
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2018/5804/P - 201728 Feb
Variation of Condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission reference: 2014/0371/P
This applicationConditionsVariation of conditions (s73)2017/1206/P
Planning history at this site
1 other application at this property, newest first.
Source: Camden
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