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32 Torrington Square London WC1E 7JL

2019/2243/PApproval of DetailsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 13 August 2019

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Details of windows and external doors, balcony and boundary railings, stucco banding, building junctions, roof/screen, rainwater goods and ground surface finishes as required by condition 6 (parts a, b, e, f, g, h, i) of planning permission ref: 2017/4300/P granted 20/03/2018 for the restoration of 32 Torrington Square including internal changes together with erection of a 4-storey new annex building (plus basement) within the gap land to the north to accommodate a research facility (Toddler Lab) for Birkbeck, University of London (Class D1 Use).

Received
26 April 2019
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bloomsbury (Pre May 2022)
  1. Received26 Apr
  2. Validated30 Apr
  3. Consult.21 May
  4. Target25 Jun
  5. Decided13 Aug

Decided in 105 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 32 Torrington Square London WC1E 7JL. Camden has handled 713 applications of this type. This one was decided in 109 days, 9 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 9 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 395 applications in total for the WC1E 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
WC1E 7JL
Application type
Approval of Details
Development type
D1 Non-Residential Institution
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 April 2019
Consultation expiry
21 May 2019
Consultation start
30 April 2019
Consultation end
21 May 2019
Last date for comments
21 May 2019
Target decision date
25 June 2019
Permission expires
13 August 2022

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
28

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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

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Associated applications

  1. 2019
    26 Apr

    Details of windows and external doors, balcony and boundary railings, stucco banding, building junctions…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions2019/2243/P
  2. 2019
    26 Apr

    Details of the external noise level emitted from plant equipment and mitigation measures as appropriate…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside2019/2245/P

Planning history at this site

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2004
    20 Apr

    The provision of disabled access ramp to main building.

    WithdrawnListed building consent2004/1765/L

Source: Camden

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