52 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8LT
Proposal
Erection of 8 balconies with glass balustrades and 1.8m high privacy screens to the rear of the building, replacement of 8 sash windows with doors, alterations to the ground floor shop frontage along Gray's Inn Road and minor changes to the flue and two windows.
- Received
- 12 February 2024
- Decision due
- 29 May 2024
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Holborn and Covent Garden
- ReceivedReceived12 Feb
- ValidatedValidated8 May
- Consult.Consultation3 Jun
- TargetTarget Date29 May
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a full planning application for a new dwelling at 52 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8LT. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 12 February 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in 10 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 335 applications across Holborn and Covent Garden. We hold 1,230 applications in total for the WC1X 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
- WC1X 8LT
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Development type
- C3 Dwelling House
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 8 May 2024
- Consultation start
- 10 May 2024
- Last date for comments
- 3 June 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 10 May 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 3
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Article 4 direction: Basements
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (22)
flood storage areas, conservation 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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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202116 Dec
Erection of front infill roof extension at 5th floor level and mansard roof extension at 6th floor level with…
PendingFull Planning Permission2021/6143/P - 20116 Apr
Display of 1x internally illuminated fascia sign and 1x internally illuminated projecting sign to shop.
ApprovedAdvertisement consent2011/1705/A
Source: Camden
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