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Chancery Station House 31-33 High Holborn London Camden WC1V 6AX

2023/5103/PFull Planning PermissionAwaiting decision
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Proposal

Change of use of existing deep level tunnels (Sui Generis) to visitor and cultural attraction (F1), including bar (Sui Generis); demolition and reconstruction of existing building at 38-39 Furnival Street; redevelopment of 40-41 Furnival Street, for the principle visitor attraction pedestrian entrance at ground floor, with retail at first and second floor levels and ancillary offices at third and fourth levels and excavation of additional basement levels; creation of new, pedestrian entrance at 31-33 High Holborn, to provide secondary visitor attraction entrance (including principle bar entrance); provision of ancillary cycle parking, substation, servicing and plant, and other associated works.

Received
30 November 2023
Decision due
16 February 2024
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Holborn and Covent Garden
  1. Received30 Nov
  2. Validated18 Jan
  3. Consult.16 Feb
  4. Target16 Feb
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a full planning application for demolition at Chancery Station House 31-33 High Holborn London Camden WC1V 6AX. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 30 November 2023 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 335 applications across Holborn and Covent Garden. We hold 270 applications in total for the WC1V 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
WC1V 6AX
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Learning & non-residential institution, Sui Generis
Scale / size
Large

Planning application dates

Date validated
18 January 2024
Consultation expiry
16 February 2024
Consultation start
18 January 2024
Consultation end
16 February 2024
Last date for comments
18 February 2024
Committee meeting
11 July 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
29 days

Publicity

Site notice start
24 January 2024

Additional information

Documents
116

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bloomsbury
  • Article 4 direction: Basements+1 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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