McGlynn's Free House 3 - 5 Whidborne Street London WC1H 8ET
Approved on 5 November 2025
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
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Proposal
Repair and refurbishment of timber sash windows. Submitted in conjunction with application for Listed Building Consent 2025/2559/L.
- Received
- 17 September 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Kings Cross
- ReceivedReceived17 Sep
- ValidatedValidated23 Sep
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date26 Oct
- DecidedDecided5 Nov
Decided in 43 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a full planning application for window replacement at McGlynn's Free House 3 - 5 Whidborne Street London WC1H 8ET. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 49 days. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Kings Cross. We hold 813 applications in total for the WC1H 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
- WC1H 8ET
- Application type
- Full Planning Permission
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 23 September 2025
- Target decision date
- 26 October 2025
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 33 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 21
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bloomsbury
- 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.
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
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20265 Nov
Structural rectification works to remove the existing poorly laid cementitious basement slab, which has no…
PendingListed building consent2026/4662/L - 202614 Oct
Installation of laminate glazing in consented restored shopfronts.
PendingListed building consent2026/4292/L - 202612 Feb
Alterations to existing shopfront including reinstatement of historic entrance door.
ApprovedFull Planning Permission2026/0572/P - 202521 Nov
Restoration of historic timber shopfront including works to facade and upgrading of extract flue on rear…
ApprovedFull Planning Permission2025/4569/P
Source: Camden
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