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Ground Floor 181 Drury Lane London WC2B 5QF

2024/2698/PFull Planning PermissionAwaiting decision
Full
Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Change of use of ground floor unit from an escape room (Sui Generis) to a cafe (Class E).

Received
1 July 2024
Decision due
17 July 2024
Ward
Holborn and Covent Garden
  1. Received1 Jul
  2. Validated3 Jul
  3. Consult.24 Jul
  4. Target17 Jul
  5. Decided

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Comments close on 24 July.

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About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Ground Floor 181 Drury Lane London WC2B 5QF. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 1 July 2024 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Seven Dials (Covent Garden) conservation area, with 3 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.

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
WC2B 5QF
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Commercial, business & service uses
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
3 July 2024
Consultation expiry
24 July 2024
Consultation start
3 July 2024
Consultation end
24 July 2024
Last date for comments
24 July 2024

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: Seven Dials (Covent Garden)
  • Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 11-13 Macklin Street London WC2B 5NHRegister 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

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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