166 High Holborn London WC1V 6PB

1. 9 Sep 2013

   Decision issued: Granted

2. 22 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

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• Selkirk House, 166 High Holborn, 1 Museum Street, 10-12 Museum Street, 35-41 New Oxford Street and 16A-18 West Central Street, London WC1A 1JR

  2021/2954/P 50 yards away

  RECONSULTATION - DUE TO AMENDMENTS Redevelopment of Selkirk House, 166 High Holborn and 1 Museum Street following the substantial demolition of the existing NCP car park and former Travelodge Hotel to provide a mixed-use scheme, providing office, residential, and town centre uses at ground floor level. Works of demolition, remodelling and extension to 10-12 Museum Street, 35-41 New Oxford Street, and 16A-18 West Central Street to provide further town centre ground floor uses and residential floorspace, including affordable housing provision. Provision of new public realm including a new pedestrian route through the site to link West Central Street with High Holborn. Relocation of cycle hire docking stations on High Holborn. REVISIONS NAMELY: amendments to ground and first floor of proposed tower.

  Withdrawn Full applications Extension Demolition

• Selkirk House, 166 High Holborn, 1 Museum Street, 10-12 Museum Street, 35-41 New Oxford Street and 16A-18 West Central Street, London WC1A 1JR

  2023/2510/P Submitted 15 Jun 2023 50 yards away

  Redevelopment of Selkirk House, 166 High Holborn and 1 Museum Street following the substantial demolition of the existing NCP car park and former Travelodge Hotel to provide a mixed-use scheme, providing office, residential, and town centre uses at ground floor level. Works of part-demolition and refurbishment to 10-12 Museum Street, 35-41 New Oxford Street, and 16A-18 West Central Street to provide further town centre ground floor uses and residential floorspace, including affordable housing provision. Provision of new public realm including a new pedestrian route through the site to link West Central Street with High Holborn. Relocation of cycle hire docking stations on High Holborn.

  Granted Full applications Demolition

• Selkirk House, 166 High Holborn, 1 Museum Street, 10-12 Museum Street, 35-41 New Oxford Street and 16A-18 West Central Street, London WC1A 1JR

  2023/2653/L Submitted 15 Jun 2023 50 yards away

  Alterations, including part-demolition, to 10-12 Museum Street and 35 and 37 New Oxford Street, to provide flats and townhouses. Demolition of closet wing to 10 Museum Street, infill of door openings. Demolition of modern rear extension to 11-12 Museum Street from ground to third floors, rebuilding of rear wall. Removal of non-original staircase and internal walls to 11-12 Museum Street along with new layouts and thermal upgrades including internal wall insulation, to facilitate new flats. New bridge links to 12 Museum Street from 16a-18 West Central Street. Removal of non-original partition walls to 35 and 37 New Oxford Street, reinstatement of historic room layouts, thermal upgrades. Across listed buildings: New kitchens, bathrooms and sanitaryware; Introduction of slimline double-glazed retrofit vacuum glazing to existing window joinery, limited replacement frames; New internal and external doors; Façade refurbishment works; Conservation and restoration of historic joinery, plasterwork, fireplaces and other features of heritage importance. Courtyard garden linking buildings at first floor level above ground floor shared services, with new and amended openings to listed buildings to provide access. New and restored retail frontages to all buildings.

  Granted Heritage and listed buildings New dwelling Extension +2 216 docs

• Land Adjacent to 166 High Holborn London WC1V 6TT

  2017/1197/P 50 yards away

  Installation of 1 x telephone box on the pavement.

  Refused Full applications

• Footway adjacent to 166 High Holborn London WC1V

  2016/3201/P 50 yards away

  Installation on the footway of a Cycle Hire docking station, containing a maximum of 22 docking points for cycles plus a terminal.

  Granted Full applications

• Pavement outside 166 High Holborn London WC1V 6TT

  2018/5555/P Submitted 8 Nov 2018 50 yards away

  Installation of 1 x telephone kiosk on the pavement.

  Refused Prior approval 47 docs

• 2026/0990/P Refused

  1 Bleeding Heart Yard & 19 Greville Street London EC1N 8SJ

  Change of use from office space and restaurant use (Class E) and members club (Sui Generis) to affordable workspace and restaurant use (Class E) and 1 x residential unit on the third and fourth floors (Class C3). Erection of a two-storey roof extension across 19 Greville Street and 1 Bleeding Heart Yard, including alterations at second-floor level to the interior courtyard elevation, ground-floor fenestration changes, and a roof terrace for the associated residential unit.

  Received 26 Mar, published by the council 24 Jul 2026 Full applications
• 2026/3044/P Granted

  London Irish Centre 50-52 Camden Square London NW1 9XB

  Details to discharge Condition 25 Part A (Air Quality Monitoring) of planning permission ref. 2020/1481/P dated 17/05/24 for 'Redevelopment of site to provide new and reconfigured community centre and ancillary residential accommodation (Class D1/ D2) involving alterations to retained buildings at No's. 50, 51 and 52 Camden Square including replacement of two storey 'link' building; demolition of Murray Street and Murray Mews buildings and replacement with part-three / part-four storey building (plus basement level) with second and third floor terraces and new entrance; associated landscaping and cycle parking'.

  Received 20 Jul, published by the council 2 Aug 2026 Full applications
• 2026/4338/P Awaiting decision

  32 Willoughby Road London NW3 1RU

  Details to discharge condition 6 (tree protection methods) of planning permission 2025/4186/P granted 13/11/2025 for 'Demolition of existing two storey outrigger and replacement with part two-storey, part single storey rear extension, loft conversion with dormer and roof light to main roof at rear, new windows to flanking wall, replacement of existing windows and installation of a gate and fence to side'.

  Received 5 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Full applications
• 2026/4141/P Awaiting decision

  24 Endell Street London WC2H 9HQ

  Relocation of three air conditioning condenser units to first floor roof, construction of an acoustic enclosure and other associated works.

  Received 5 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Full applications
• 2026/3907/P Awaiting decision

  Flat 1 16 Lyndhurst Road London NW3 5NL

  External renovations to the front of the property, including works to the entry porch, steps, replacment front door, installation of metal railings to boundary wall and paving to front garden and erection of a glass roof to the side passage to create a bike shelter.

  Received 5 Oct, published by the council 9 Oct 2026 Full applications