125 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8AD
Approved on 15 July 2024
Council decision: GrantedPlanning committee
Proposal
Use of the existing ground floor entrance, first to fourth floors and ninth floor of 125 Shaftesbury Avenue as immersive theatre space, and ancillary events space (sui generis) for a temporary period between 1 September 2024 to 30 September 2025.
- Received
- 12 April 2024
- Decision level
- Planning committee
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Holborn and Covent Garden
- ReceivedReceived12 Apr
- ValidatedValidated12 Apr
- Consult.Consultation3 May
- TargetTarget Date12 May
- DecidedDecided15 Jul
Decided in 94 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application at 125 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8AD. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 94 days, 6 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in 14 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 338 applications across Holborn and Covent Garden. We hold 478 applications in total for the WC2H 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
- WC2H 8AD
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Development type
- Sui Generis
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 April 2024
- Consultation expiry
- 3 May 2024
- Consultation start
- 12 April 2024
- Consultation end
- 3 May 2024
- Last date for comments
- 12 May 2024
- Target decision date
- 12 May 2024
- Committee meeting
- 11 April 2003
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 30 days
Publicity
- Site notice start
- 17 April 2024
Additional information
- Documents
- 24
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
- 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
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202625 Jun
Non-Material Amendment to planning reference 2024/5408/P
ApprovedNon-material amendment2026/2662/P - 202630 Apr
Details to discharge Condition 22 (Tree Protection Measures) of planning reference 2024/5408/P
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/1729/P - 202630 Apr
Details to discharge Condition 11 (Demolition & Construction Phases Documentation) of planning reference…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/1632/P
Source: Camden
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