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5 Bloomsbury Place London WC1A 2QP

2024/0787/PFull Planning PermissionAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of Use from Class E (Commercial, Business and Service) to Class F1(a) Provision of Education

Received
28 February 2024
Decision due
29 May 2024
Ward
Bloomsbury
  1. Received28 Feb
  2. Validated15 May
  3. Consult.5 Jun
  4. Target29 May
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 5 June.

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 5 Bloomsbury Place London WC1A 2QP. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 28 February 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 394 applications across Bloomsbury. We hold 179 applications in total for the WC1A 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
WC1A 2QP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Learning & non-residential institution
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
15 May 2024
Consultation expiry
5 June 2024
Consultation start
15 May 2024
Consultation end
5 June 2024
Last date for comments
16 June 2024

Planning decision

Statutory period
14 days

Publicity

Site notice start
19 May 2024

Additional information

Documents
4

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

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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