The Courtyard Building, 1 Alfred Place London WC1E 7EB
Approved on 21 April 2026
Council decision: Granted
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Proposal
Details of sustainable drainage required by condition 17 of planning permission 2024/4840/P dated 20/8/2025 for refurbishment and extension of the host building.
- Submitted
- 12 March 2026
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- ReceivedSubmitted12 Mar
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date
- DecidedDecided21 Apr
Decided in 40 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a planning application for an extension at The Courtyard Building, 1 Alfred Place London WC1E 7EB. Camden has handled 43 applications of this type. This one was decided in 40 days, 9 days quicker than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 1 listed building nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 394 applications across Bloomsbury. We hold 395 applications in total for the WC1E postcode area.
100% of approval of reserved matters 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
- WC1E 7EB
- Application type
- Approval of Reserved Matters
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Bloomsbury+1 more
- 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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Associated applications
- 202612 Mar
Details of sustainable drainage required by condition 17 of planning permission 2024/4840/P
This applicationApprovedReserved matters2026/0823/P - 20265 Mar
Details as required by condition 6 (Crossrail 2 design and construction method statement) and condition 23a…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside2026/0818/P
Planning history at this site
4 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 20265 Nov
Non-material amendments to planning permission ref. 2024/4840/P
PendingNon-material amendment2026/4885/P - 20265 Nov
Display of non-illuminated hoarding advertisements comprising 3no. panels arranged across 3no. elevations…
PendingAdvertisement consent2026/4660/A - 202617 Aug
Non-material amendments to planning permission ref. 2024/4840/P
PendingNon-material amendment2026/3352/P - 202631 Jul
Details of brick materials as required by condition 3(c) of planning permission 2024/4840/P
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/3179/P
Source: Camden
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