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Acorn House, 314-320 Gray's Inn Road London Wc1X8Dp

PSX0005218Full Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 29 May 2001

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

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Replacing existing decorated metal windows and panels with powder coated aluminium double glazed window units and lower powder coated aluminium panels. Render existing pre-cast concrete cladding panels. Replace existing lower flat roof with powder coated aluminium double glazed mono pitched roof to form light well. Remove existing partition to form open plan office areas, As shown on: Ordnance Survey Extract; Drawing Numbers 736 12A, 736 20, 736 21, 736 101 to 736 119 (inclusive); and sample of glazing (8mm B/T green).

Received
23 October 2000
Decision level
Planning committee
Ward
Kings Cross
  1. Received23 Oct
  2. Validated24 Nov
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided29 May

Decided in 186 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is a full planning application for window replacement at ACORN HOUSE, 314-320 GRAY'S INN ROAD LONDON WC1X8DP. Camden has handled 2,296 applications of this type. This one was decided in 218 days, 24 weeks longer than Camden's typical decision time. The site is in the Bloomsbury conservation area, with 7 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 8DP
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Development type
Camden Dataload - used for defaulting
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
24 November 2000
Consultation start
11 December 2000

Additional information

Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

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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© 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.

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Planning history at this site

9 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    10 Oct

    Post-construction Whole Life-Cycle Carbon Assessment required by condition 33 of planning permission…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2025/4543/P
  2. 2025
    17 Feb

    Details of design (ventilation screens, balustrading and winter gardens) required by condition 4 (to…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditions2025/0669/P
  3. 2024
    31 May

    Design details required to part discharge condition 4 parts f (brick colour) and j (rooftop plant enclosures)…

    PendingDischarge of conditions2024/2185/P
  4. 2024
    31 May

    Details of Contaminated Land Verification Report required by condition 25 of planning permission ref…

    PendingDischarge of conditions2024/2184/P
  5. 2024
    26 Apr

    Details of ASHPs required by condition 35 of planning permission ref: 2020/3880/P

    PendingReserved matters2024/1644/P
  6. 2024
    22 Mar

    Design details required to part discharge condition 4 (parts a, b, e, g, and i) of planning permission ref…

    PendingDischarge of conditions2024/1162/P

Source: Camden

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