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2025/5570/P

Amendment application at The British Museum Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DG, Camden. View planning documents, track the decision and get email alerts on updates.

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Non Material Amendments to planning permission dated 16 October 2024 (Ref:2023/4648/P) for ‘Erection of new energy centre incorporating maintenance support accommodation to internal West Road, new substation off Montague Street, all together with associated internal and external works, service runs, erection of plant, landscaping, and temporary works associated with construction following demolition of existing Energy Centre to internal West Road and removal of temporary buildings to the south of the existing energy centre on the internal West Road and to the north and east of the White Wing facing Montague Street. Namely: to increase the size of the service voids in the north and south basement corridors.

2025/5570/P

Small
Amendment

The British Museum Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DG

Submitted9 Dec
Validated
Consultation
Target
Decided23 Feb
6 weeks typical decision time in Camden92% of amendment applications approved

This is an application to amend a permission at The British Museum Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DG. Camden has handled 241 applications of this type and approves 92% of them, typically deciding them in 50 days. This one was decided in 76 days, 4 weeks longer than Camden's median. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 16 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 352 applications across Bloomsbury. We hold 608 applications in total for the WC1B postcode area.

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Application Details

Reference
2025/5570/P
Address
The British Museum Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DG
Postcode
WC1B 3DG
Local Authority
Camden
Application Type
Amendment
Scale / Size
Small
Decision Status
Permitted

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Date Decided
23 February 2026
Date Submitted
9 December 2025

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
51.519363, -0.126847

Source: Camden