Planning application
Land to west of Royal Mail Sorting office bounded by Phoenix Place, Mount Pleasant, Gough Street & Calthorpe St. Camden WC1.
Works: Demolition Major scheme
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Proposal
Comprehensive redevelopment, following the demolition of existing buildings, to construct four new buildings ranging from 5 to 15 storeys (above basement level) in height, to provide 38,724 sqm (GIA) of residential floorspace (345 dwellings) (Class C3), 823 sqm (GIA) of flexible retail and community floorspace (Use Classes A1, A2, A3, D1 or D2), with associated energy centre, waste and storage areas, basement level residential car parking (54 spaces), the re-provision of Royal Mail staff car parking (approx 196 spaces) cycle parking, residential cycle parking (431 residential spaces) hard and soft landscaping to provide public and private areas of open space, alterations to the public highway and all other necessary excavation and enabling works. The application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement. The proposed redevelopment is to be considered is the context of the redevelopment of the adjacent site, north of the Sorting Office building (within the London Borough of Islington) which has been submitted simultaneously under the Islington planning & conservation area consent application reference numbers: P2013/1423 & P2013/1435. That development involves: The demolition of existing buildings to construct 3 to 12 storey buildings, providing 38,015sqm (336 dwellings) residential floorspace (Class C3), 4,260sqm (GIA) office floorspace (Class B1), 1.428sqm flexible retail and community floorspace, (Classes A1, A2, A3, D1 or D2) with associated energy centre, waste and storage areas, car (65 spaces) and cycle (523 spaces) parking, hard and soft landscaping to provide public and private areas of open space, alterations to the public highway and construction of a new vehicle ramp to basement level to service Royal Mail operations, an acoustic roof deck over the existing servicing yard and other necessary excavation and enabling works. This application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement.
As published by the council, reference 2013/3807/P
Application record
- Reference
- 2013/3807/P
- Category
- Full applications
- Status
- Appeal Decided
- Decision
- Granted As published: Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal Agreement
- Decided
- 27 Feb 2014
Site history
Applications at this address on the Camden register
This site has had 29 applications since 2014: 28 approved, 0 refused.
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2022/2513/P Granted
Land to west of Royal Mail Sorting office bounded by Phoenix Place, Mount Pleasant, Gough Street & Calthorpe St. Camden WC1.
Discharge of Condition 28 (acoustic isolation and anti-vibration measures), for Phase 2 of the development only, to planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 (as amended by 2018/0817/P dated 01/05/2018, 2018/1054/P dated 12/04/2018, 2020/0921/P dated 16/03/2020 and 2021/3338/P dated 04/11/2021) by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, 823sqm of flexible retail and community floorspace).
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2022/2565/P Granted
Land to west of Royal Mail Sorting office bounded by Phoenix Place, Mount Pleasant, Gough Street & Calthorpe St. Camden WC1.
Conversion of internal residential amenity space (residents gym) to a residential unit (C3) with outdoor terrace at Core A6, Phase 1 of the Phoenix Place development.
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2021/3338/P Granted
Land to west of Royal Mail Sorting office bounded by Phoenix Place, Mount Pleasant, Gough Street & Calthorpe St. Camden WC1.
Amendment of planning conditions 2 (approved plans), to update relevant drawing numbers, and 34 (substations), to provide details and make a compliance condition, to planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 (as amended by 2018/0817/P, 2018/1054/P, 2018/2586/P, 2019/1931/P, 2019/3364/P, 2019/4136/P, 2019/0921/P, 2020/3333/P) by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, flexible retail and community floorspace and associated works (summary)). NAMELY to allow the variation of approved drawings to incorporate a re-arrangement of the electrical substation, LW switch room, introduction of a gas intake room at ground floor of Block C, omission of plant at roof level of Blocks B and C, and submission of details for the electrical substation to allow Condition 34 to be amended from a prior to commencement of superstructure works to a compliance condition.
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2020/1278/P Granted
Land to west of Royal Mail Sorting office bounded by Phoenix Place, Mount Pleasant, Gough Street & Calthorpe St. Camden WC1.
Conversion of residential amenity space to a one-bedroom, one-person residential unit (C3).
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2020/3333/P Granted
Land to west of Royal Mail Sorting office bounded by Phoenix Place, Mount Pleasant, Gough Street & Calthorpe St. Camden WC1.
Amendment of planning condition 2 (approved plans), to update relevant drawing numbers, to planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 (as amended by 2018/0817/P, 2018/1054/P, 2018/2586/P, 2019/1931/P, 2019/3364/P, 2019/4136/P, 2019/0921/P) by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, flexible retail and community floorspace and associated works (summary)). THE CHANGES to the approved scheme include updates to entrance door design; introduction of louvred spandrel panels; updates to A6 main entrance doors and to Level 04 terrace fenestration/doors
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2020/0921/P Granted
Land to west of Royal Mail Sorting office bounded by Phoenix Place, Mount Pleasant, Gough Street & Calthorpe St. Camden WC1.
Amendment of Conditions 5 (Archaeology; 9 (SUDS); 11 (Sound Insulation); 19 (cycle store); 20 (waste storage), to allow the details to be submitted prior to the relevant handover phase of the development, to planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 (as amended by 2018/0817/P dated 01/05/2018 and 2018/1054/P dated 12/04/2018) by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, 823sqm of flexible retail and community floorspace).
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2019/0693/P Granted
Land to west of Royal Mail Sorting office bounded by Phoenix Place, Mount Pleasant, Gough Street & Calthorpe St. Camden WC1.
Details of internal (long-stay) cycle parking facilities at Block A (Phase 1, Section 1) to partially discharge Condition 19 (cycle storage), for the internal (long-stay) cycle parking in Block A only, of planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, 823sqm of flexible retail and community floorspace and associated works (summary)).
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2019/0594/P Granted
Land to west of Royal Mail Sorting office bounded by Phoenix Place, Mount Pleasant, Gough Street & Calthorpe St. Camden WC1.
Details of doors or gates and means of escape fronting the highway, for Phase 1 (Block A) only, to partially discharge Condition 33 of 2013/3807/P of planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, 823sqm of flexible retail and community floorspace and associated works (summary)).
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2019/0498/P Granted
Land to west of Royal Mail Sorting office bounded by Phoenix Place, Mount Pleasant, Gough Street & Calthorpe St. Camden WC1.
Details of glazing sound insultation performance to partially discharge (for Phase 1 of the development) Condition 18 of planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, 823sqm of flexible retail and community floorspace and associated works (summary)).
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2019/0463/P Granted
Land to west of Royal Mail Sorting office bounded by Phoenix Place, Mount Pleasant, Gough Street & Calthorpe St. Camden WC1.
Discharge of Condition 15a - Privacy Measures/Glazing of planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, 823sqm of flexible retail and community floorspace and associated works (summary)).
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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27 Feb 2014
Decision issued: Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal Agreement
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22 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
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15+ later applications on the register refer to this one:
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2026/0267/P Granted
Mount Pleasant Royal Mail Staff Car Park Mount Pleasant London WC1X 0BU
Non material amendment to permission 2013/3807/P (as amended) for: Comprehensive redevelopment, following the demolition of existing buildings, to construct four new buildings ranging from 5 to 15 storeys (above basement level) in height, to provide 38,724 sqm (GIA) of residential floorspace (345 dwellings) (Class C3), 823 sqm (GIA) of flexible retail and community floorspace (Use Classes A1, A2, A3, D1 or D2), with associated energy centre, waste and storage areas, basement level residential car parking (54 spaces), the re-provision of Royal Mail staff car parking (approx 196 spaces) cycle parking, residential cycle parking (431 residential spaces) hard and soft landscaping...) to alter use of the staff parking spaces in the basement level car park and to alter references to the parking spaces in the Proposal description.
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2024/1935/P Granted
Land to the West of Royal Mail Sorting Office Phoenix Place Mount Pleasant London
Non-Material Amendment to planning reference 2013/3807/P dated 30/03/2015 (as amended by 2024/0144/P dated 20/06/2024), namely alter the development description to remove specific reference to the area of flexible retail and community floorspace.
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2024/0144/P Granted
Units 2 and 3 10 and 12 Mount Pleasant London WC1X 0BU
Variation of condition 46 (limit on amalgamation of commercial units) granted under reference 2013/3807/P dated 30/03/2015 for 'Comprehensive redevelopment, following the demolition of existing buildings, to construct four new buildings ranging from 5 to 15 storeys (above basement level) in height, to provide 38,724 sqm (GIA) of residential floorspace (345 dwellings) (Class C3), 823 sqm (GIA) of flexible retail and community floorspace (Use Classes A1, A2, A3, D1 or D2), with associated energy centre, waste and storage areas, basement level residential car parking (54 spaces), the re-provision of Royal Mail staff car parking (approx 196 spaces) cycle parking, residential cycle parking (431 residential spaces) hard and soft landscaping to provide public and private areas of open space, alterations to the public highway and all other necessary excavation and enabling works.' The variation is to make units 2 and 3 exempt from condition 46.
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2022/2997/P Granted
Mount Pleasant - Phoenix Place Development London WC1X 0DA
Details of landscaping, play spaces and play equipment, and external cycle parking (Square P only), pursuant to conditions 13 (landscaping) and 29 (play spaces) and part condition 19 (cycle facilities) for Phase 1 only, of planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, 823sqm of flexible retail and community floorspace and associated works).
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2021/2726/P Granted
Mount Pleasant - Phoenix Place Development London WC1X 0DA
Discharge of conditions 13 (landscaping) and 29 (Playspace) for Phase 2 only of planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, 823sqm of flexible retail and community floorspace and associated works).
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2022/3209/P Granted
Mount Pleasant - Phoenix Place Development London WC1X 0DA
Details of basement parking barriers to discharge Condition 35 (basement car parking) for Phase 2 only, of planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, 823sqm of flexible retail and community floorspace and associated works (summary)).
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2022/2513/P Granted
Land to west of Royal Mail Sorting office bounded by Phoenix Place, Mount Pleasant, Gough Street & Calthorpe St. Camden WC1.
Discharge of Condition 28 (acoustic isolation and anti-vibration measures), for Phase 2 of the development only, to planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 (as amended by 2018/0817/P dated 01/05/2018, 2018/1054/P dated 12/04/2018, 2020/0921/P dated 16/03/2020 and 2021/3338/P dated 04/11/2021) by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, 823sqm of flexible retail and community floorspace).
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2022/2775/P Granted
Mount Pleasant - Phoenix Place Development London WC1X 0DA
Details of communal residential areas to discharge Condition 26 (inclusive design) for Phase 2 only, of planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, 823sqm of flexible retail and community floorspace and associated works (summary)).
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2022/1215/P Granted
Mount Pleasant - Phoenix Place Development London WC1X 0DA
Details to partially discharge condition 33 (doors on highway details) for Phase 2 only, of planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, 823sqm of flexible retail and community floorspace and associated works (summary)).
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2022/1214/P Granted
Mount Pleasant - Phoenix Place Development London WC1X 0DA
Details of condition 32 (wheelchair accessible parking spaces details) for Phase 2 only, of planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, 823sqm of flexible retail and community floorspace and associated works (summary)).
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2021/3338/P Granted
Land to west of Royal Mail Sorting office bounded by Phoenix Place, Mount Pleasant, Gough Street & Calthorpe St. Camden WC1.
Amendment of planning conditions 2 (approved plans), to update relevant drawing numbers, and 34 (substations), to provide details and make a compliance condition, to planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 (as amended by 2018/0817/P, 2018/1054/P, 2018/2586/P, 2019/1931/P, 2019/3364/P, 2019/4136/P, 2019/0921/P, 2020/3333/P) by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, flexible retail and community floorspace and associated works (summary)). NAMELY to allow the variation of approved drawings to incorporate a re-arrangement of the electrical substation, LW switch room, introduction of a gas intake room at ground floor of Block C, omission of plant at roof level of Blocks B and C, and submission of details for the electrical substation to allow Condition 34 to be amended from a prior to commencement of superstructure works to a compliance condition.
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2021/0483/P Granted
Mount Pleasant - Phoenix Place Development London WC1X 0DA
Details of SUDS, Sound Insulation (glazing), Cycle Storage/Facilities (full details) and Doors on highway to discharge Conditions 9 (SUDS), 18 (Sound Insulation (glazing)), 19 (Cycle Storage/ Facilities (full details)) and 33 (Doors on highway) for Phase 2 only, of planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, 823sqm of flexible retail and community floorspace and associated works (summary)).
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2021/3716/P Granted
Mount Pleasant - Phoenix Place Development London WC1X 0DA
Details of condition 12 (external materials) for Phase 2 only, of planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, 823sqm of flexible retail and community floorspace and associated works (summary)).
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2021/3853/P Granted
Mount Pleasant - Phoenix Place Development London WC1X 0DA
Details of condition 12 Part A only (entrance details) for Phase 1 only, of planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, 823sqm of flexible retail and community floorspace and associated works (summary)).
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2021/3025/A Granted
Land to west of Royal Mail Sorting office bounded by Phoenix Place, Mount Pleasant, Gough Street & Calthorpe Street LONDON WC1
Display of non-illuminated 'Postmark' related signage on construction hoarding (associated with Phase 2 of development being implemented under planning permission 2013/3807/P dated 30/03/2015) facing onto Phoenix Place and Gough Street measuring 2.35m in height on 50.9m and 106.4m wide sections respectively for a temporary period until 01/12/2022.
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Land to west of Royal Mail Sorting office bounded by Phoenix Place, Mount Pleasant, Gough Street & Calthorpe St. Camden WC1.
Conversion of residential amenity space to a one-bedroom, one-person residential unit (C3).
Granted Full applications -
Land to west of Royal Mail Sorting office bounded by Phoenix Place, Mount Pleasant, Gough Street & Calthorpe Street Camden WC1.
Amendment of planning condition 2 (approved plans), to update relevant drawing numbers, to planning permission 2013/3807/P granted on 30th March 2015 by the Greater London Authority (for new buildings of 5-15 storeys, 345 dwellings, flexible retail and community floorspace and associated works (summary)). THE CHANGES to the approved scheme relate to detailed design development for Block A/Phase 1 to clarify the design shown on the elevation drawings, some parapet levels would be increased in height.
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Section 73 application for the variation of Condition 2 (approved plans and documents), condition 43 (Water consumption) and Condition 56 (floorspace figures) of planning permission Ref: P2013/1423/FUL dated 31/03/2015 for the Comprehensive redevelopment of the site following the demolition of existing buildings & structures to construct six new buildings ranging from 3 to 12 storeys in height to provide 37,421sqm (GIA) of residential floorspace (336 dwellings) (Class C3), 4,260sqm (GIA) of office floorspace (Class B1), 1.300sqm (GIA) of flexible retail & community floorspace, (Classes A1, A2, A3, D1 and D2) with associated energy centre, waste and storage areas, vehicle (65 spaces) & cycle parking (523 spaces), hard & soft landscaping to provide public (approx 5,124sqm) & private areas open space, alterations to the public highway & construction of a new dedicated vehicle ramp to basement level to service Royal Mail operations, construction of an acoustic roof deck over the existing service yard (encloses 14,150sqm at basement & ground floor levels) & all other necessary excavation & enabling works. The variations of condition 2 seek to facilitate level terrace access, alterations to the basement, installation of new roofplant, alterations to materials, conversion of duplex apartments to lateral apartments and enlargement of commercial unit footprint. The application also proposes the variation of condition 43 to increase the limitation on per/person per/day water consumption. The application also proposes the amendment of the floorspace figures in condition 56 to reflect the increase in the footprint of the commercial units.
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