Planning application
Land Bounded by 50-57 High Holborn (including Brownlow House High Holborn House & Caroline House), 18-25 Hand Court, 45-51 Bedford Row and Brownlow Street, London WC1V 6RL
Works: Loft or dormer Demolition
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Revisions to planning permission 2009/0675/P, dated 07/07/2009 for mixed use redevelopment of the site involving the part demolition, part retention and part erection of new eight storey (plus two level basement and roof plant floor) building to accommodate A1, flexible A3/A4, B1, residential and student units. Revisions relate to variations in building envelope, office and retail space, including an overall reduction of office (Class B1) accommodation by 552sqm and overall increase of retail (Class A1) by 426sqm, as a result of reduction of floor to ceiling heights at ground and first floor levels and relocation of plant room to basement to create an eighth floor of office (Class B1) accommodation and various other internal reconfigurations and to create ground floor retail units on Hand Court (west) elevation; increase in parapet height at seventh and eighth floor levels on Brownlow Street (east) elevation by 1.1m, increase in height of mansard roof associated with High Holborn House on south elevation by 1m; alteration to location of service yard entrance (to the south) and kerb (to the west to widen the highway) on Brownlow Street, retention of Brownlow Street highway to High Holborn (as opposed to 2009/0675/P which pedestrianised part of Brownlow Street) and associated alterations.
As published by the council, reference 2010/5725/P
Application record
- Reference
- 2010/5725/P
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Final Decision
- Decision
- Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal Agreement
- Decided
- 27 Oct 2011
- Postcode
- WC1V 6RL
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Oct 2011
Decision issued: Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal Agreement
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22 Jul 2026
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What this grant of permission means
Camden granted permission on 27 October 2011, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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