36, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3PP
Approved on 3 September 2025
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Proposal
Halo-lit fascia lettering to existing fascia
- Submitted
- 9 July 2025
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- ReceivedSubmitted9 Jul
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided3 Sep
Decided in 56 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a planning application at 36, Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3PP. Camden has handled 148 applications of this type. This one was decided in 56 days, 7 days longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 395 applications across Bloomsbury. We hold 641 applications in total for the WC1B postcode area.
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Application details
- Postcode
- WC1B 3PP
- Application type
- Consent to display an advertisement
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bloomsbury
- 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 (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.
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Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202627 Aug
Erection of an additional floor to provide a one-bedroom dwelling, including the provision of private amenity…
PendingFull Planning Permission2026/3609/P - 202519 Aug
Change of use of part of the ground floor from Class E (office) to a 2-bedroom flat, with associated external…
PendingFull planning permission2025/3632/P - 20232 Feb
Details pursuant to conditions 4 (1.8m high screen around first floor rear roof terrace), 5 (waste…
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2023/0456/P
Source: Camden
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