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Yard Level, Viaduct Level Coal Drops Yard London N1C 4DQ

2023/2159/AAdvertisement ConsentApproved

Approved on 24 August 2023

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Installation of new signage, lighting and speakers and associated works within Coal Drops Yard.

Received
19 May 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kings Cross
  1. Received19 May
  2. Validated26 May
  3. Consult.19 May
  4. Target
  5. Decided24 Aug

Decided in 90 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at Yard Level, Viaduct Level Coal Drops Yard London N1C 4DQ. Camden has handled 499 applications of this type. This one was decided in 97 days, 7 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Regent's Canal conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 144 applications across Kings Cross. We hold 119 applications in total for the N1C postcode area.

81% of advertising 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
N1C 4DQ
Application type
Advertisement Consent
Development type
Commercial, business & service uses
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 May 2023
Last date for comments
19 May 2023
Permission expires
24 August 2026

Additional information

Documents
1

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Regents CanalPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: Eastern Coal Drops at Kings Cross Goods YardOn this site · +2 more
  • Article 4 direction: Basements
  • Brownfield land register: King's Cross Central, York Way, London, N1Register 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 (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.

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

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© 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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2023
    19 May

    Installation of new signage, lighting and speakers and associated works within Coal Drops Yard.

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside2023/2044/L
  2. 2023
    19 May

    Installation of new signage, lighting and speakers and associated works within Coal Drops Yard.

    This applicationApprovedAdvertisement consent2023/2159/A

Source: Camden

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