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81 Belsize Park Gardens London NW3 4NJ

2023/3407/PFull Planning PermissionAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Change of use from gym (Use Class E) to education use (Use Class F1) together with external alterations including: alteration to windows and insertion of windows to ground and first floor (1st and 2nd floor eastern windows opaque), creation of external side access with entrances relocated to east elevation following demolition of single storey structure, demolition and rebuild of eastern party wall, all to eastern elevation. Replacement of rooflight with saw tooth roof at front of building, raising of parapet wall, addition of rooflights, pv panels, green roof and roof plant, all at roof level. Insertion of window to ground floor front elevation following removal of existing porch structure and insertion of windows at first floor of front elevation. Erection of boundary wall with railings, cycle and bin stores at front of site, including associated hard and soft landscaping works.

Received
18 August 2023
Decision due
20 February 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Belsize
  1. Received18 Aug
  2. Validated26 Oct
  3. Consult.15 Feb
  4. Target20 Feb
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 15 February.

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About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at 81 Belsize Park Gardens London NW3 4NJ. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 18 August 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Belsize Park conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 325 applications across Belsize. We hold 2,616 applications in total for the NW3 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
NW3 4NJ
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Learning & non-residential institution
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
26 October 2023
Consultation expiry
15 February 2024
Consultation start
26 October 2023
Consultation end
15 February 2024
Last date for comments
15 February 2024
Committee meeting
15 February 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
117 days

Publicity

Site notice start
1 November 2023

Additional information

Documents
134

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Belsize
  • Article 4 direction: Basements+3 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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.

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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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