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125 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8AD

2026/1632/PApproval of DetailsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 10 June 2026

Council decision: Granted

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

Proposal

Details to discharge Condition 11 (Demolition & Construction Phases Documentation) of planning reference 2024/5408/P dated 31/07/25 for Remodelling, refurbishment and extension of the existing building to provide Use Class E commercial and retail space, amenity terraces, a new public route, relocated entrances, cycle parking, servicing and rooftop plant along with associated highway, landscaping and public realm improvements and other associated works.

Received
23 April 2026
Ward
Holborn and Covent Garden
  1. Received23 Apr
  2. Validated30 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target23 Apr
  5. Decided10 Jun

Decided in 41 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 125 Shaftesbury Avenue London WC2H 8AD. Camden has handled 314 applications of this type. This one was decided in 41 days, 8 days quicker than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in 14 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 338 applications across Holborn and Covent Garden. We hold 478 applications in total for the WC2H postcode area.

100% of approval of details 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
WC2H 8AD
Application type
Approval of Details
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 April 2026
Target decision date
23 April 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Additional information

Documents
2

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • 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 (22)

flood storage areas, conservation 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

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
    30 Apr

    Details to discharge Condition 11 (Demolition & Construction Phases Documentation) of planning reference…

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/1632/P
  2. 2026
    30 Apr

    Details to discharge Condition 22 (Tree Protection Measures) of planning reference 2024/5408/P

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsFiled alongside2026/1729/P

Source: Camden

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

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