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233-241 Gray's Inn Road London Wc1X8Rb

PS9905303Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 11 April 2000

Council decision: Grant Full Planning Permission (conds)Delegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

The installation of roof plant surrounded by an acoustic screen, the erection of a new lift shaft to the rear, at ground floor level the covering over of a lightwell to the rear south elevation, the installation of a duct and flues to the rear (north) elevation, and two louvre grills to replace two south elevation window panes, the installation of 6 CCTV cameras, affixed to east, south and north elevations, and the sealing of an existing rear first floor lantern with brickwork, as shown by drawing numbers 64(04)AD085, 64(04)A-004, 64(04)A-005, 64(04)A-006, 64(04)A-007, 64(04)A-008, 64(04)A-009, 64(04)A-010, 64(04)A011, 64(04)A013, 64(04)A014, 64(04)A015, 64(04)A016, 64(04)A-028 rev C, 64(04)A-029 rev E, 64(04)A-030 rev E, 64(04)A-031 rev E, 64(04)A-031 rev E, 64(04)A-032 rev E, 64(04)A-033 rev G, 64(04)A-036 rev D, 64(04)A-037 rev C, 64(04)A-038 rev C, 64(04)A-039 rev B, 64(04)A-034, letter dated 6th April 2000, Environmental noise survey 9610/EN.1, 2 sets photos, colour chart and condenser unit detail.

Received
7 April 2000
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kings Cross
  1. Received7 Apr
  2. Validated7 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided11 Apr

Decided in 4 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at 233-241 GRAY'S INN ROAD LONDON WC1X8RB. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 4 days, 6 weeks quicker than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 143 applications across Kings Cross. We hold 1,230 applications in total for the WC1X postcode area.

90% of full 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
WC1X 8RB
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Camden Dataload - used for defaulting
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 April 2000

Additional information

Documents
11

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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

  • Conservation area: Bloomsbury
  • Article 4 direction: Basements
  • Brownfield land register: 314-320 Acorn House, Gray's Inn Road, London, WC1X 8DPRegister 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 (20)

flood storage 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 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© 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.

Source: Camden

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