German Historical Institute 17 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2NJ
Approved on 26 September 2025
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
The replacement of light fittings on ground and first floor levels.
- Received
- 6 August 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Bloomsbury
- ReceivedReceived6 Aug
- ValidatedValidated6 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date6 Aug
- DecidedDecided26 Sep
Decided in 51 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a heritage application at German Historical Institute 17 Bloomsbury Square London WC1A 2NJ. Camden has handled 1,652 applications of this type. This one was decided in 51 days. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 12 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 395 applications across Bloomsbury. We hold 179 applications in total for the WC1A postcode area.
97% of heritage 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 2NJ
- Application type
- Certificate of Lawfulness of Proposed Works to a Listed Building
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 6 August 2025
- Target decision date
- 6 August 2025
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- Conservation area: Bloomsbury
- Listed building: Grade II: Royal Pharmaceutical Society and Attached RailingsOn or next to this site
- Article 4 direction: Basements
- 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.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Source: Camden
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