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Space House 1 Kemble Street and 43 - 59 Kingsway London WC2B 6TE

2024/0771/LApproval of Details (Listed Building)Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 13 March 2024

Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Details to discharge Condition 3j (Details of External Lighting) of Listed Building Consent 2022/4663/L dated 22/11/23 for amendments (involving demolition of concrete piers to Kingsway elevation and like-for-like replacement) to listed building consent 2022/3271/L granted 08/09/2022 for the 'removal of existing roof plant equipment at 1 Kemble Street and erection of a single storey facsimile floor plus one setback floor; removal of roof plant from 43-59 Kingsway and erection of a single storey set-back extension; removal and replacement of the glazing to the existing enclosure of the southern external stair on Kingsway and new glazing at ground floor level across the site; enclosing the redundant petrol filling station area with slimline glazing; facade cleaning; new landscaping and public realm works and internal alterations to both buildings in connection with their refurbishment and change of use from Class B1 offices to Class A1/A3 and flexible Class B1 office / Office and events space (sui generis) at part ground and basement levels.

Received
27 February 2024
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Holborn and Covent Garden
  1. Received27 Feb
  2. Validated27 Feb
  3. Consult.19 Mar
  4. Target12 Mar
  5. Decided13 Mar

Decided in 15 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a heritage application for demolition at Space House 1 Kemble Street and 43 - 59 Kingsway London WC2B 6TE. Camden has handled 1,652 applications of this type. This one was decided in 15 days, 5 weeks quicker than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Kingsway conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 338 applications across Holborn and Covent Garden. We hold 199 applications in total for the WC2B 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
WC2B 6TE
Application type
Approval of Details (Listed Building)
Development type
A1 Shop, A3 Restaurants and Cafes, B1a Business - Office, Sui Generis
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 February 2024
Consultation expiry
19 March 2024
Consultation start
27 February 2024
Consultation end
19 March 2024
Last date for comments
19 March 2024
Target decision date
12 March 2024
Permission expires
13 March 2027

Planning decision

Statutory period
14 days

Additional information

Documents
5

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: Kingsway
  • Listed building: 45-59 Kingsway, 1 Kemble Street, LondonOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Basements
  • Brownfield land register: 41 Kingsway London WC2B 6TPRegister 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.

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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