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3-5 Whidborne Street London Camden WC1H 8ET

2026/1527/LListed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 12 June 2026

Council decision: Granted

Approximate location: the centre of the postcode, not the exact property.

Proposal

Internal alterations at first and second floor

Received
16 April 2026
Ward
Kings Cross
  1. Received16 Apr
  2. Validated23 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target16 Apr
  5. Decided12 Jun

Decided in 50 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 50 days. 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
23 April 2026
Target decision date
16 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations at the address point. Ones next to the site may also apply.

  • Conservation area: Bloomsbury
  • Listed building: Grade II: McGlynn'sOn or next to this site · +2 more
  • 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.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    23 Apr

    Internal alterations at first and second floor

    This applicationApprovedListed building consent2026/1527/L
  2. 2026
    22 Apr

    Installation of cavity drainage membrane system in the basement

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongside2026/1378/L

Source: Camden

Contains public sector information from the Planning London Datahub, licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

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