The Warburg Institute Woburn Square London WC1H 0AB
Approved on 25 October 2019
Council decision: Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal AgreementDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Erection of 2 storey courtyard infill extension to the rear of the Warburg Institute; alterations to the existing building including the replacement of finishes to the main roof, repairs to brickwork and the replacement of an existing access stair in the lightwell; upgrade of plant and servicing.
- Received
- 30 May 2019
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Bloomsbury (Pre May 2022)
- ReceivedReceived30 May
- ValidatedValidated5 Jun
- Consult.Consultation26 Jun
- TargetTarget Date26 Jun
- DecidedDecided25 Oct
Decided in 142 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at The Warburg Institute Woburn Square London WC1H 0AB. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 148 days, 14 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 814 applications in total for the WC1H 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
- WC1H 0AB
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Development type
- D1 Non-Residential Institution
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 5 June 2019
- Consultation expiry
- 26 June 2019
- Consultation start
- 5 June 2019
- Consultation end
- 26 June 2019
- Last date for comments
- 7 July 2019
- Target decision date
- 26 June 2019
- Permission expires
- 25 October 2022
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 7 June 2019
Additional information
- Documents
- 35
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Bloomsbury
- Article 4 direction: Basements
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20231 Nov
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ApprovedAdvertisement consent2023/4694/A - 202311 Aug
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ApprovedFull Planning Permission2023/3314/P
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