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Variation or Removal of Condition(s) application at The British Museum Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DG, Camden. View planning documents, track the decision and get email alerts on updates.

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Amendments to planning permission ref. 2025/0038/P dated 03/03/2025, as amended by ref. 2026/2945/P dated 24/07/2026 for the continued use of single storey structures at the south and north entrances to provide an external search facility to the museum for a temporary period, NAMELY to vary Condition 1 (temporary structure) to allow the continued use of the single storey security structure at the north entrance for a further temporary period.

2026/3390/P

Variation or Removal of Condition(s)

The British Museum Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DG

SubmittedSubmitted9 Aug

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6 weeks typical decision time in Camden100% of variation or removal of condition(s) applications approved

This is a planning application at The British Museum Great Russell Street London WC1B 3DG. Camden has handled 56 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 48 days. It was submitted on 9 August 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There have been 16 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 352 applications across Bloomsbury. We hold 608 applications in total for the WC1B postcode area.