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11-15 and 17-21 Emerald Street London WC1N 3QL

2019/0574/PFull Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 25 April 2019

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Replacement of 14 existing single glazed Crittal windows with new double glazed metal windows and 15 existing single glazed Crittal windows with new double glazed metal and timber framed windows to the rear elevations of offices at Nos.17-21 and 11-15 Emerald Street respectively.

Received
29 January 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden (Pre May 2022)
  1. Received29 Jan
  2. Validated6 Mar
  3. Consult.27 Mar
  4. Target1 May
  5. Decided25 Apr

Decided in 50 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at 11-15 and 17-21 Emerald Street London WC1N 3QL. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 86 days, 5 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 19 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,071 applications in total for the WC1N 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
WC1N 3QL
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
B1a Business - Office
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
6 March 2019
Consultation expiry
27 March 2019
Consultation start
6 March 2019
Consultation end
27 March 2019
Last date for comments
21 April 2019
Target decision date
1 May 2019
Permission expires
25 April 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
8 March 2019

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Bloomsbury
  • 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.

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

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

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Camden

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