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9 John Street London WC1N 2ES

2026/4741/PVariation or Removal of Condition(s)Awaiting decision
Discharge / amendments
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Proposal

Section 19 variation of condition 2 (approved plans) of listed building consent 2025/0363/L dated 20/10/2025 for the change of use from office (Class E) to residential (Class C3) to form a single dwellinghouse, the installation of secondary glazing to the front elevation and associated alterations including replacement door at lower ground floor level to rear elevation, internal alterations including reinstallation of the historic staircase connecting the lower and ground floors; installation of internal doors and reconfiguration of internal layouts at ground and lower ground floor levels, installation of new partition walls for a new bathroom at ground and first floor levels and installation of new doors at lower to second floors. Namely, alterations to the internal layout at all floor levels, including the installation of new staircase at lower-ground floor level and the replacement of the existing lift car.

Received
4 November 2026
Decision due
28 November 2026
Ward
Holborn and Covent Garden
  1. Received4 Nov
  2. Validated30 Oct
  3. Consult.
  4. Target28 Nov
  5. Decided

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About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at 9 John Street London WC1N 2ES. Camden has handled 69 applications of this type. It has been with the council since 4 November 2026 and is still awaiting a decision. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 11 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 338 applications across Holborn and Covent Garden. We hold 1,071 applications in total for the WC1N postcode area.

100% of variation or removal of condition(s) 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
WC1N 2ES
Application type
Variation or Removal of Condition(s)

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 October 2026

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant

Planning decision

Case officer
Obote Hope

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bloomsbury
  • Listed building: Grade II: Numbers 2 to 9 and Attached RailingsOn or next to this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 20-21 King's Mews London WC1N 2JBRegister 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)

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 and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Camden

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