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37 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8PQ

2023/3139/PVariation or Removal of Condition(s)Awaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 2019/2097/P, dated 22/01/2020 (as amended) (for: change of use from retail and office to retail and residential units, and associated works), namely to allow the installation of an automatic opening vent at roof level for fire safety purposes

Received
1 August 2023
Decision due
7 November 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Holborn and Covent Garden
  1. Received1 Aug
  2. Validated12 Sep
  3. Consult.3 Oct
  4. Target7 Nov
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 3 October.

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About this application

This is an application to vary a condition at 37 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8PQ. Camden has handled 713 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 1 August 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 338 applications across Holborn and Covent Garden. We hold 1,230 applications in total for the WC1X 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).

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Application details

Postcode
WC1X 8PQ
Application type
Variation or Removal of Condition(s)
Development type
C3 Dwelling House, Commercial, business & service uses
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
12 September 2023
Consultation expiry
3 October 2023
Consultation start
12 September 2023
Consultation end
3 October 2023
Last date for comments
15 October 2023

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Publicity

Site notice start
15 September 2023

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Bloomsbury
  • Listed building: Grade II: Yorkshire Grey Public HouseOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

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.

Associated applications

  1. 2023
    1 Aug

    Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of planning permission 2019/2097/P

    This applicationPendingVariation of conditions (s73)2023/3139/P
  2. 2019
    16 Apr

    Change of use from retail at part basement and part ground floor levels and office use at part basement, part…

    ConditionsFull Planning PermissionPart of2019/2097/P

Source: Camden

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

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