Planning application
Swinton House 324 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8DD
Works: Extension
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Change of use of Office building (Class B1a) to dual use tourist hostel (Sui Generis) and/or hotel (Class C1) to provide short stay overnight 'tourist type' accommodation comprising of 114 rooms, ancillary bar (Class A4), restaurant (Class A3) and retail (Class A1) units, and associated alterations including erection of a ground floor rear extension, alterations to existing rear garage, new shopfronts to Gray's Inn Road elevation, erection of a lift shaft to rear elevation and associated installation of plant.
As published by the council, reference 2010/6535/P
Application record
- Reference
- 2010/6535/P
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Final Decision
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal Agreement
- Decided
- 2 Mar 2011
- Postcode
- WC1X 8DD
Site history
Applications at this address on the Camden register
This site has had 2 applications since 2011: 2 approved, 0 refused.
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2011/3890/P Granted
Swinton House 324 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8DD
Variation of condition 2 to replace Class A4/A3 and A1 uses with two Class A1 uses on ground floor and to increase the number of bedrooms from 114 to 200 as a minor material amendment pursuant to permission granted on 02/03/2011 (ref: 2010/6535/P) for change of use of office building (Class B1a) to dual use tourist hostel (Sui Generis) and/or hotel (Class C1) to provide short stay overnight 'tourist type' accommodation comprising of 114 rooms, ancillary bar (Class A4), restaurant (Class A3) and retail (Class A1) units, and associated alterations including erection of a ground floor rear extension, alterations to existing rear garage, new shopfronts to Gray's Inn Road elevation, erection of a lift shaft to rear elevation and associated installation of plant.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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2 Mar 2011
Decision issued: Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal Agreement
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22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Related applications
Cases linked to this one on the register
1 later application on the register refers to this one:
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2011/3890/P Granted
Swinton House 324 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8DD
Variation of condition 2 to replace Class A4/A3 and A1 uses with two Class A1 uses on ground floor and to increase the number of bedrooms from 114 to 200 as a minor material amendment pursuant to permission granted on 02/03/2011 (ref: 2010/6535/P) for change of use of office building (Class B1a) to dual use tourist hostel (Sui Generis) and/or hotel (Class C1) to provide short stay overnight 'tourist type' accommodation comprising of 114 rooms, ancillary bar (Class A4), restaurant (Class A3) and retail (Class A1) units, and associated alterations including erection of a ground floor rear extension, alterations to existing rear garage, new shopfronts to Gray's Inn Road elevation, erection of a lift shaft to rear elevation and associated installation of plant.
What this grant of permission means
Camden granted permission on 2 March 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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