The Warburg Institute Woburn Square London WC1H 0AB
Approved on 11 January 2024
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Installation of 1x non-illuminated fascia sign lettering and 2x temporary PVC banner signs on Gordon Square elevation.
- Received
- 1 November 2023
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Bloomsbury
- ReceivedReceived1 Nov
- ValidatedValidated9 Nov
- Consult.Consultation30 Nov
- TargetTarget Date4 Jan
- DecidedDecided11 Jan
Decided in 63 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is an advertising consent application at The Warburg Institute Woburn Square London WC1H 0AB. Camden has handled 499 applications of this type. This one was decided in 71 days, 3 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 395 applications across Bloomsbury. We hold 814 applications in total for the WC1H 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
- WC1H 0AB
- Application type
- Advertisement Consent
- Development type
- Learning & non-residential institution
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 9 November 2023
- Consultation expiry
- 30 November 2023
- Consultation start
- 9 November 2023
- Consultation end
- 30 November 2023
- Last date for comments
- 10 December 2023
- Target decision date
- 4 January 2024
- Permission expires
- 11 January 2027
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 15 November 2023
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bloomsbury
- Listed building: Grade II*: Institute of Education, Clore Institute of Advanced Legal Studies and Accommodation For U…On this site · +6 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202311 Aug
Installation of 3 horizontal louvres above windows to Gordon Square and Woburn Square elevations at lower…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission2023/3314/P - 201930 May
Erection of 2 storey courtyard infill extension to the rear of the Warburg Institute; alterations to the…
ConditionsFull Planning Permission2019/2819/P
Source: Camden
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