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Pear Tree Cafe Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3PF

2023/5481/NEWListed Building ConsentWithdrawn

Withdrawn

Council decision: Withdrawn DecisionWithdrawn

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

Proposal

Cosmetic refurbishment to main body of cafe only. Removal of existing large access ramp & replacement with one a little smaller and more in keeping with the location Replacement of existing slightly rotten wooden decking (to tennis court side of cafe) with new decking

Received
29 December 2023
Decision level
Withdrawn
Ward
Holborn and Covent Garden
  1. Received29 Dec
  2. Validated29 Dec
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Feb
  5. Decided

About this application

This is a heritage application at Pear Tree Cafe Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3PF. Camden has handled 1,652 applications of this type. The site is in the Strand conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 336 applications across Holborn and Covent Garden. We hold 131 applications in total for the WC2A postcode area.

97% of heritage 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
WC2A 3PF
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 December 2023

Planning decision

Decision
Withdrawn Decision
Statutory period
42 days

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: Strand
  • Listed building: Grade II*: The Old Curiosity ShopOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • 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.

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

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