Brunswick Centre Estate Brunswick Centre London WC1N 1AE

2023/3901/LListed Building ConsentAwaiting decision

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Proposal

Internal and external alterations, including alterations to upper basement floor slab, strengthening of basement structural columns, installation of walls, fit-out and mechanical services at basement and ground floor levels, installation of plant and acoustic enclosures at basement and roof levels, installation of PV panels at roof level, and associated works in association with the change of use of part of the basement car park and one ground floor retail unit to a hotel.

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

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About this application

This is a heritage application for a change of use at Brunswick Centre Estate Brunswick Centre London WC1N 1AE. Camden has handled 1,652 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.

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Application details

Postcode: WC1N 1AE
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Development type: C1 Hotel
Scale / size: Medium

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: 5

Site constraints

Checking the site

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Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

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Associated applications

2023
15 Sep
Change of use of part of basement car park and one ground floor retail unit to hotel with ancillary food and…
PendingFull Planning PermissionFiled alongside2023/3870/P
2023
15 Sep
Internal and external alterations, including alterations to upper basement floor slab, strengthening of…
This applicationPendingHeritage2023/3901/L

Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Camden

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