Skip to content

36 Great Russell Street London Camden WC1B 3PP

2023/0456/PApproval of DetailsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 26 April 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
Boundary © HM Land Registry, © Ordnance Survey · details

This information is subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 and is reproduced with the permission of HM Land Registry. The polygons (including the associated geometry, namely x, y co-ordinates) are subject to Crown copyright and database rights 2026 Ordnance Survey AC0000851063. Conditions of use.

Proposal

Details pursuant to conditions 4 (1.8m high screen around first floor rear roof terrace), 5 (waste storage/recycling facilties) and 6 (cycle parking facilities) of planning permission 2022/3001/P, granted subject to a legal agreement on 02/03/2023, for 'Erection of rear extensions at basement to 2nd floor levels to provide enlarged retail space at basement and ground floor (as approved on 23/08/2016 ref 2016/2795/P) and two new self-contained 1 bedroom flats at first and second floors with associated new internal lift; provision of communal cycle and refuse stores at ground floor; conversion of two 1 bed flats to one 2 bedroom flat on third floor; retention of existing office use at part 1st and part 2nd floors; creation of new roof terrace at rear 1st floor; replacement of staircase hatch by larger one to existing main roof terrace; and associated external fenestration alterations'

Received
2 February 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Bloomsbury
  1. Received2 Feb
  2. Validated20 Mar
  3. Consult.10 Apr
  4. Target15 May
  5. Decided26 Apr

Decided in 37 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to discharge conditions at 36 Great Russell Street London Camden WC1B 3PP. Camden has handled 713 applications of this type. This one was decided in 83 days, 5 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 395 applications across Bloomsbury. We hold 641 applications in total for the WC1B 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).

Based on decided applications received in the last 3 years.Planning something similar? See what gets approved on your street

Application details

Postcode
WC1B 3PP
Application type
Approval of Details
Development type
C3 Dwelling House
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 March 2023
Consultation expiry
10 April 2023
Consultation start
20 March 2023
Consultation end
10 April 2023
Last date for comments
10 April 2023
Target decision date
15 May 2023
Permission expires
26 April 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
2

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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

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

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Camden

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Track this application

Get email alerts when there is a planning decision or status change.

Get email alerts near WC1B

New planning applications delivered to your inbox daily.

Around this site

Discuss this application on r/PlanningPermissionUK

For applicants and trades

Planning something similar?

See what the council approved and refused on your street for the project you have in mind. Pick your home and get the evidence before you pay for drawings.

See what gets approved on your streetBuying this property? Report on this address