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6-7 Bedford Row London WC1R 4BS

2019/1573/PFull Planning PermissionRefused
Full

Refused on 18 September 2019

Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Part removal of existing entrance steps for the installation of a new vertical stair/platform lift for step-free access.

Received
22 March 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Holborn & Covent Garden (Pre May 2022)
  1. Received22 Mar
  2. Validated23 Apr
  3. Consult.14 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Sep

Decided in 148 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 6-7 Bedford Row London WC1R 4BS. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 180 days, 19 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. We hold 208 applications in total for the WC1R 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
WC1R 4BS
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
B1a Business - Office
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
23 April 2019
Consultation expiry
14 May 2019
Consultation start
23 April 2019
Consultation end
14 May 2019
Last date for comments
26 May 2019

Publicity

Site notice start
26 April 2019

Appeal

Appeal date
9 March 2020
Appeal result
Allowed 22-12-2020

Additional information

Documents
31

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

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2019
    22 Mar

    Part removal of existing entrance steps for the installation of a new vertical stair/platform lift for…

    This applicationRefusedFull2019/1573/P
  2. 2019
    22 Mar

    Part removal of existing entrance steps for the installation of a new vertical stair/platform lift for…

    RefusedListed building consentFiled alongside2019/2175/L

Source: Camden

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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