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26 Red Lion Square London WC1R 4HQ

2026/2889/PApproval of DetailsApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 10 August 2026

Council decision: Granted

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

Proposal

Details to partially discharge Condition 3 (Sample of Brick Materials) of planning reference 2025/0210/P dated 30/07/25 for refurbishment and recladding of existing building with extensions at fourth floor adjacent to Theobalds Road and associated works.

Received
14 July 2026
Ward
Holborn and Covent Garden
  1. Received14 Jul
  2. Validated9 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided10 Aug

Decided in 32 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a planning application for an extension at 26 Red Lion Square London WC1R 4HQ. Camden has handled 312 applications of this type. This one was decided in 27 days, 3 weeks quicker than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in 5 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 206 applications in total for the WC1R 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
WC1R 4HQ
Application type
Approval of Details

Planning application dates

Date validated
9 July 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Josh Lawlor

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
    14 Jul

    Details to partially discharge Condition 3 (Sample of Brick Materials) of planning reference 2025/0210/P

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditions2026/2889/P
  2. 2026
    1 May

    Non-Material Amendment to planning reference 2025/0210/P

    ApprovedNon-material amendmentAmendment2026/1751/P
  3. 2025
    17 Jan

    Refurbishment and recladding of existing building with extensions at fourth floor adjacent to Theobalds Road…

    ApprovedFull planning permissionPart of2025/0210/P

Source: Camden

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

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