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40 Holborn Viaduct London EC1N 2PB

2023/3573/PRequest for Observations to Adjoining BoroughApproved
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Approved on 13 November 2023

Council decision: No objectionDelegated (officer decision)

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Refurbishment and extension of the existing office building to include an additional three storeys; replacement of the facades; creation of terraces and balconies on the south and west elevations; retail at ground and lower ground levels; and all plant, disabled parking, cycle parking and associated works including landscaping of the external area on Holborn Circus.

Received
30 August 2023
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Planning Solutions Team
  1. Received30 Aug
  2. Validated9 Nov
  3. Consult.30 Aug
  4. Target30 Nov
  5. Decided13 Nov

Decided in 4 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an advertising consent application at 40 Holborn Viaduct London EC1N 2PB. Camden has handled 499 applications of this type. This one was decided in 75 days, 4 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Cross and St Pancras conservation area. There have been 18 other applications at this address. We hold 240 applications in total for the EC1N 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
EC1N 2PB
Application type
Request for Observations to Adjoining Borough
Development type
All Others eg. adverts, aods, telecoms etc.
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 November 2023
Last date for comments
30 August 2023
Target decision date
30 November 2023
Permission expires
13 November 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
21 days

Additional information

Documents
1

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: Kings Cross St Pancras
  • Article 4 direction: Basements
  • 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.

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.

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