Central Somers Town Covering Land At Polygon Road Open Space, Edith Neville Primary School 174 Ossulston Street And Purchese Street Open Space London NW1 1DN
Proposal
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 2015/2704/P dated 14/10/2016 for 'Demolition of existing buildings and the provision of approximately 2,190sq.m replacement school (Use Class D1); approximately 1,765sq.m of community facilities (Use Class D1); approximately 207sq.m of flexible Use Class A1/A2/A3/D1 floorspace and 136 residential units (Use Class C3) over 7 buildings ranging from 3 to 25 storeys in height comprising: o Plot 1: Community uses at ground floor (Use Class D1) (approximately 1,554sq.m) to include a children's nursery and community play facility with 10no. residential units above; o Plot 2: 35 residential units over flexible A1/A2/A3/D1 floorspace at ground level (approximately 137sq.m); o Plot 3: Extension of Grade II listed terrace to provide 3no. dwellings; o Plot 4: Replacement school (Use Class D1) ; o Plot 5: 20no. residential units over a replacement community hall (Use Class D1) (approximately 211sq.m); o Plot 6: 14no. residential units; and o Plot 7: 54no. residential units over flexible A1/A2/A3/D1 floorspace at ground level (approximately 70sq.m). Changes to existing public open spaces along with associated highways works and landscaping' namely to include electrical substation within the curtilage of the approved building and changes to the ground floor plan.
- Received
- 10 May 2019
- Decided
- 23 January 2020 · Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal Agreement
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- St Pancras & Somers Town (Pre May 2022)
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- ReceivedSubmitted10 May
- ValidatedValidated23 May
- Consult.Consultation15 Jul
- TargetTarget Date22 Aug
- DecidedDecided23 Jan
Decided in 245 days (council typically 49)
This is an application to vary a condition at Central Somers Town Covering Land At Polygon Road Open Space, Edith Neville Primary School 174 Ossulston Street And Purchese Street Open Space London NW1 1DN. Camden has handled 713 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 58 days. This one was decided in 258 days, 29 weeks longer than Camden's median. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 3,114 applications in total for the NW1 postcode area.
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- Conservation area: Kings Cross St PancrasPart of the site
- Article 4 direction: Basements
- Brownfield land register: Central Somers Town Covering Land At Polygon Road Open Space Edith Neville Primary School…Register site at or near this address
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