Central Somers Town Covering Land At Polygon Road Open Space, Edith Neville Primary School 174 Ossulston Street And Purchese Street Open Space London NW1 1EE
Proposal
Temporary planning permission (6 months from the date of permission) for a shipping container on site. The container will support a programme of free-to-access children's play sessions
- Received
- 21 August 2026
- Decided
- 29 September 2026 · Granted
- Council
- London Borough of Camden
- Ward
- St Pancras and Somers Town
- ReceivedSubmitted21 Aug
- ValidatedValidated18 Aug
- Consult.Consultation
- TargetTarget Date20 Sep
- DecidedDecided29 Sep
Decided in 42 days (council typically 49)
This is a planning application at Central Somers Town Covering Land At Polygon Road Open Space, Edith Neville Primary School 174 Ossulston Street And Purchese Street Open Space London NW1 1EE. Camden has handled 558 applications of this type and approves 93% of them, typically deciding them in 54 days. This one was decided in 39 days, 2 weeks quicker than Camden's median. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 93 applications across St Pancras and Somers Town. We hold 3,114 applications in total for the NW1 postcode area.
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Planning history at this site
2 other applications at this property, newest first.
Planning constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: Kings Cross St PancrasPart of the site
- Article 4 direction: Basements
- Brownfield land register: Central Somers Town Covering Land At Polygon Road Open Space Edith Neville Primary School…Register site at or near this address
- Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.
Also checked, none recorded (19)
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