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281 Gray's Inn Road London Wc1X8Qf

PSX0004833Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 3 July 2001

Council decision: Grant Full Planning PermissionDelegated (officer decision)

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

Proposal

Change of use of all the floors of the premises from Class A2 on the basement and ground floors and class B1 on the upper floors to sui generis use as a diplomatic mission for the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Received
16 July 2000
Decision level
Delegated (officer decision)
Ward
Kings Cross
  1. Received16 Jul
  2. Validated27 Jul
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided3 Jul

Decided in 341 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 281 GRAY'S INN ROAD LONDON WC1X8QF. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 352 days, 43 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the King's Cross and St Pancras 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 8QF
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Sui-generis
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
27 July 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: Kings Cross St Pancras
  • Article 4 direction: Basements+1 more
  • Brownfield land register: 340 Gray's Inn Road London Camden WC1X 8BGRegister 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.

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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.

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© 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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