Brunswick Centre Estate Brunswick Centre London WC1N 1AE
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Proposal
Change of use of part of basement car park and one ground floor retail unit to hotel with ancillary food and beverage use, including alterations to upper basement floor slab, installation of plant, acoustic enclosures and PV panels at roof level, and associated works.
- Received
- 15 September 2023
- Decision due
- 11 March 2024
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Bloomsbury
- ReceivedReceived15 Sep
- ValidatedValidated25 Sep
- Consult.Consultation14 Dec
- TargetTarget Date11 Mar
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application for a change of use at Brunswick Centre Estate Brunswick Centre London WC1N 1AE. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 15 September 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 7 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 395 applications across Bloomsbury. We hold 1,071 applications in total for the WC1N 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
- WC1N 1AE
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Development type
- C1 Hotel
- Scale / size
- Large
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 25 September 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 14 December 2023
- Consultation start
- 25 September 2023
- Consultation end
- 14 December 2023
- Last date for comments
- 14 December 2023
- Committee meeting
- 21 March 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 168 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 27 September 2023
Additional information
- Documents
- 140
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: BloomsburyPart of the site
- Listed building: Grade II: 1-187a O'Donnell Court and 1-212a Foundling Court and Renoir Cinema and Shops (the Brunsw…On this site · +3 more
- Article 4 direction: Basements
- 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.
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Details pursuant to condition 26 (London Underground) of planning permission 2023/3870/P
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2025/4859/P - 202315 Sep
Change of use of part of basement car park and one ground floor retail unit to hotel with ancillary food and…
This applicationPendingFull2023/3870/P - 202315 Sep
Internal and external alterations, including alterations to upper basement floor slab, strengthening of…
PendingListed building consentFiled alongside2023/3901/L
Source: Camden
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