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298 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8DX

2021/1129/PFull Planning PermissionAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Change of use on lower ground floor and ground floor from Class E (Estate agents) to Class E (b) (restaurant) and sui generis (hot food takeaway)

Received
11 March 2021
Decision due
5 May 2021
Ward
Kings Cross
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.5 May
  4. Target5 May
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 298 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8DX. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 11 March 2021 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 13 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Kings Cross. We hold 1,230 applications in total for the WC1X 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
WC1X 8DX
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Commercial, business & service uses, Sui Generis
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2021
Consultation expiry
5 May 2021
Consultation start
14 April 2021
Consultation end
5 May 2021
Last date for comments
16 May 2021

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Publicity

Site notice start
16 April 2021

Additional information

Documents
7

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bloomsbury
  • Listed building: (North side) Nos.54-72 (Even) and attached railingsOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: Battle Bridge House, Offices And Premises At Basement-6th Floors 300-306 Gray's Inn Road…Register site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Camden

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