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78 Cromer Street London Wc1H8Dr

PSX0004298Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 31 July 2000

Council decision: Grant Full Planning Permission (conds)Planning committee

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

Proposal

Retention of the change of use of the ground floor from Class A2 to use as an internet cafe (sui generis use), as shown by one unnumbered A4 plan of the existing internet cafe layout and three photographs of the shopfront before occupation and undated letter received on 5th July 2000 concerning the nature of the cafe use of the premises.

Received
15 March 2000
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Kings Cross
  1. Received15 Mar
  2. Validated22 May
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided31 Jul

Decided in 70 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 78 CROMER STREET LONDON WC1H8DR. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 138 days, 13 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 3 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 814 applications in total for the WC1H 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
WC1H 8DR
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Camden Dataload - used for defaulting
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 May 2000

Additional information

Documents
3

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
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Possibly incomplete for this council: tree preservation orders.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

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, 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.

Source: Camden

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