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Part ground and basement of 70 Acton Street 70 Acton Street London WC1X 9NB

2020/4877/PFull Planning PermissionAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Change of use from office (Class E) to live/work unit (Sui Generis) at basement and part ground floor level and alterations to the front elevation.

Received
21 October 2020
Decision due
9 December 2020
Ward
Kings Cross (Pre May 2022)
  1. Received21 Oct
  2. Validated25 Nov
  3. Consult.31 Dec
  4. Target9 Dec
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Part ground and basement of 70 Acton Street 70 Acton Street London WC1X 9NB. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 21 October 2020 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. We hold 1,230 applications in total for the WC1X postcode area.

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Application details

Postcode
WC1X 9NB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Sui Generis
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
25 November 2020
Consultation expiry
31 December 2020
Consultation start
25 November 2020
Consultation end
31 December 2020
Last date for comments
31 December 2020

Planning decision

Statutory period
14 days

Publicity

Site notice start
27 November 2020

Additional information

Documents
10

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 (19)

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 and heritage coasts.

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