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St Pancras Hospital 4 St Pancras Way London NW1 0PE

2024/0311/PNon-Material AmendmentsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 11 June 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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Proposal

Non-material amendments to planning permission (ref.2023/2246/P) dated 29 November 2023 for; Variation of condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permission 2020/4825/P dated 05/08/22 (for the Partial redevelopment of the site, involving the demolition of seven existing buildings (Ash House, Bloomsbury Day Hospital, the Camley Centre, Jules Thorn Day Hospital, Kitchen and the Post Room & Former Mortuary) and construction of a part seven, part ten storey (plus roof plant) purpose-built eyecare, medical research and educational centre for Moorfields Eye Hospital, the UCL Institute of Ophthalmology and Moorfields Eye Charity. New building to comprise a mixture of clinical, research and education purposes, including eye care accident and emergency department, outpatients, operating theatres, research areas, education space, cafe and retail areas, admin space and plant space. Associated site relandscaping works including formation of patient drop off area to St Pancras way, new public realm and routes through the site, cycle parking and servicing ramp and cross over to Granary street) namely to include further basement depth and floorspace area, additional firefighting and escape stairs; consolidation of the wet systems; removal of oil storage tank and internal and external alterations to facilitate firefighting access. No changes to the building envelope above ground level are proposed. CHANGES INCLUDE; Removal of timber fins to ground floor and to be replaced with an aluminium finish; alterations to alignment of fins; relocate a number of external timber seats; amendments to the louvres across the elevations; extend the roof top plant room; omit the gantry system and extend louvre screen; increase lift overrun level; Amendments to the level 6 Terrace and to provide a continued PPC aluminium soffit detail and amendments to the floorplan schedule included within condition 5.

Received
26 January 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
St Pancras and Somers Town
  1. Received26 Jan
  2. Validated20 Feb
  3. Consult.12 Mar
  4. Target5 Mar
  5. Decided11 Jun

Decided in 112 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at St Pancras Hospital 4 St Pancras Way London NW1 0PE. Camden has handled 241 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 13 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Cross and St Pancras conservation area. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across St Pancras and Somers Town. We hold 3,181 applications in total for the NW1 postcode area.

100% of amendment 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
NW1 0PE
Application type
Non-Material Amendments
Development type
Learning & non-residential institution
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
20 February 2024
Consultation expiry
12 March 2024
Consultation start
20 February 2024
Consultation end
12 March 2024
Last date for comments
12 March 2024
Target decision date
5 March 2024
Permission expires
11 June 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
14 days

Additional information

Documents
26

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Kings Cross St Pancras
  • Article 4 direction: Basements
  • Brownfield land register: St Pancras Hospital, 4 St Pancras WayRegister site at or near this address
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (20)

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 and heritage coasts.

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Source: Camden

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