3-5 Whidborne Street London Camden WC1H 8ET
Approved on 17 April 2026
Council decision: GrantedDelegated (officer decision)
Proposal
Replacement of existing fibre cement roof tiles with Welsh slates, and associated repairs
- Received
- 9 March 2026
- Decision level
- Delegated (officer decision)
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- Kings Cross
- ReceivedReceived9 Mar
- ValidatedValidated12 Mar
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date12 Apr
- DecidedDecided17 Apr
Decided in 36 days (council typically 49)
About this application
This is a listed building consent application at 3-5 Whidborne Street London Camden WC1H 8ET. Camden has handled 351 applications of this type. This one was decided in 36 days, 13 days quicker than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Kings Cross. We hold 814 applications in total for the WC1H postcode area.
98% of listed building consent 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
- Listed Building Consent
- Scale / size
- Small
Planning application dates
- Date validated
- 12 March 2026
- Target decision date
- 12 April 2026
Applicant and agent
- Applicant
- Private applicant
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 31 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 7
Site constraints
Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.
- 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.
Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences
Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© 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.
Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
Planning history at this site
3 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202623 Apr
Internal alterations at first and second floor
ApprovedListed building consent2026/1527/L - 202622 Apr
Installation of cavity drainage membrane system in the basement
ApprovedListed building consent2026/1378/L - 202612 Feb
Discharge of condition 4b (details of lantern) for 2025/3928/L
ApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/0571/L
Source: Camden
Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
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