Development Site At 5 - 9 Great Newport Street London WC2H 7JA
Proposal
Observations to adjoining Borough for "Proposed re-development of buildings at 5-9 Great Newport Street comprising demolition behind retained facades excluding the listed building, excavation of small area of basement, rear development up to ground plus six storeys and associated alterations, including the installation of new screened plant, all in conjunction with the mixed-use of the buildings as a pod hostel, theatre, and offices. (Linked to 24/02470/LBC)
- Received
- 25 May 2024
- Decision due
- 8 July 2024
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Planning Solutions Team
- ReceivedReceived25 May
- ValidatedValidated17 Jun
- Consult.Consultation25 May
- TargetTarget Date8 Jul
- DecidedDecided
About this application
This is a planning application for demolition at Development Site At 5 - 9 Great Newport Street London WC2H 7JA. Camden has handled 11,545 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 25 May 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the King's Cross and St Pancras conservation area. There have been 4 other applications at this address. We hold 478 applications in total for the WC2H postcode area.
Application details
- Postcode
- WC2H 7JA
- Application type
- Request for Observations to Adjoining Borough
- Development type
- A3 Restaurants and Cafes, B1a Business - Office, D1 Non-Residential Institution
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 17 June 2024
- Last date for comments
- 25 May 2024
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 21 days
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Kings Cross St Pancras
- Article 4 direction: Basements
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (21)
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, 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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© 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.
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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Source: Camden
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