Offices and Premises at Unit 5 Ground Floor 36-37 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3PP

This site has had 2 applications since 2024.

• 2024/2218/P Withdrawn

  Offices And Premises At Unit 5 Ground Floor 36-37 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3PP

  Conversion of rear part of Ground floor from Class E to Residential C3

  Decided 16 Jul 2024 Full applications

1. 19 Aug 2025

   Received by Camden

2. 22 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 14 October 2025, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Camden took a median of 43 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

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• 36 - 37 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3PP

  2025/2076/A 50 yards away

  Halo-lit fascia lettering to existing fascia

  Granted

• 36 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3PP

  2024/4613/P 50 yards away

  Discharge of details for conditions 4 (refuse storage) and 5 (cycle storage) of planning permission 2024/1755/P dated 18/09/2024 for the erection of a third floor rear extension to create a studio flat.

  Granted Full applications Extension

• Offices And Premises At Unit 5 Ground Floor 37 Great Russell Street London Camden WC1B 3PP

  2024/3047/P 50 yards away

  Proposed change of use of part of the ground floor from Class E (office) to Class C3 (residential) with associated external alterations.

  Refused Full applications

• 36-37 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3PP

  2026/3609/P Submitted 21 Aug 2026 50 yards away

  92% historically approved · decision due ~22 Oct

  Erection of an additional floor to provide a one-bedroom dwelling, including the provision of private amenity space to the rear, communal amenity space to the rear, internal cycle storage, and a lift overrun.

  Awaiting decision Full applications 9 docs
  Domestic

• 36-37 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3PP

  2025/3114/P 50 yards away

  Details pursuant to Conditions 4 (Qualified Engineer Details) and 6 (piling method statement) of planning permission 2023/2864/P (dated 10/04/2024) for 'Extension to existing basement at rear; erection of reconstructed ground floor rear extension. Creation of new rear lightwell'.

  Granted Full applications Extension

• 36-37 Great Russell Street London WC1B 3PP

  2025/1887/P 50 yards away

  Non-Material Amendment to planning permission ref. 2023/2741/P (dated 15/11/2023) for the 'Change of use of part of the ground, first, and second floors from Class E (office) to Class C3 (residential). Erection of two-storey rear extension from first to second levels. Provision of 5x self-contained residential units and communal roof terrace. Provision of lift, bin and cycle store. Associated exterior alterations'. CHANGES INCLUDE: amendments to internal floorplans of proposed flats.

  Granted Full applications New dwelling Extension

• 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