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41 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3PE

2026/0219/PFull Planning PermissionWithdrawn
Full

Withdrawn on 25 March 2026

Council decision: Withdrawn DecisionWithdrawn

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Extension and remodelling of the existing fourth floor roof level structure to provide additional residential accommodation.

Received
20 January 2026
Decision level
Withdrawn
Ward
Bloomsbury
  1. Received20 Jan
  2. Validated29 Jan
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided25 Mar

Decided in 55 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for an extension at 41 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3PE. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 64 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. 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.

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
WC1B 3PE
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
29 January 2026

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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 (21)

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, 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

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Source: Camden

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