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2026/3778/P - Full Planning Permission REGISTERED
Change of useCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use of a basement car park from office use (Use Class E) to a storage facility (B8) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Sept 2026
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Validated
8 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 3 Nov 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 21 Dec 2026, from Camden's recent changes of use.

The consultation period closed on 11 Oct 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 11

2 Article 4 directions
Basements · Commercial, Business, and Service (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) (in CAZ). Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Archaeological priority area
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
Air quality management area: Camden AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Central activities zone
The core of central London in the London Plan.
Offices, culture and the other strategic functions of the centre take priority over new housing here.
24 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Number 121 and Attached Railings, Grade II, about 43 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 23 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Conservation area about 21 m away: Bloomsbury
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1124 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Radon affected area, class 2; Registered park or garden about 246 m away: CORAM'S FIELDS, with MECKLENBURGH and BRUNSWICK SQUARES; Inside the Camden built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI), Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

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Important details

Council
Camden
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
WC1X 8HB
Received
7 Sept 2026
Validated
8 Sept 2026
Ward
Holborn and Covent Garden
Case officer
Show
Decision level
Delegated
Agent
Daniel Watney Partnership

Decision outlook

Day 50 of the 56-day target. Camden usually decides changes of use by day 104.

Day 5054 days to the predicted decision (day 104)
34%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
15%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Camden in the last twelve months, from validation. Camden decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
11 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

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Proposed replacement doors on the 6th floor level terraces.
2024/5104/P
2024 Approved
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2024/0934/P
2024 Approved
52 Doughty Street London Camden WC1N 2LS
Change of use of the building from office (Class E) to residential (C3), in the form of a…
2023/5432/P
2023 Approved
52 Doughty Street London Camden WC1N 2LS
Internal and external alterations including partial demolition of ground floor slab to cr…
2024/0162/L
2024 Approved
81 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8TP
Display of 3x fascia signs and 3x trough lights (retrospective).
2024/2661/L
2024 Approved
81 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8TP
Display of 3x fascia signs and 3x trough lights (retrospective).
2024/2660/A
2024 Approved
21 A Brownlow Mews London Camden WC1N 2LA
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2024 Withdrawn
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2024 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
Land to the West of Royal Mail Sorting Office Phoenix Place Mount Pleasant London Camden
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2023/3094/A
2023 Approved
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Installation of external condenser unit within the existing ground floor plant area
2023/1586/P
2021 Approved
21A Brownlow Mews London WC1N 2LA
Change of use of premises from a head office and control centre of both a courier company…
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2023 Approved
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Erection of single storey roof extensions for ancillary office space with associated roof…
2023/0869/P
2023 Withdrawn
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Installation of solar panels on roof.
2023/0778/INVALID
2022 Approved
5 Brownlow Mews London Camden WC1N 2LD
Replacement windows to the front and windows and door at the rear elevation.
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2022 Refused
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2022 Withdrawn
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Replacement of all existing windows with aluminium windows.
2022/4790/INVALID
2016 Approved
238 A Gray's Inn Road. London WC1X 8HB
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2016/1317/L
2016 Approved
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Camden
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#231 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Camden is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #242 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Camden decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #149 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #215 of 296
49%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #242 of 296
41%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #158 of 296
90%
Minor dwellings approved
467 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
10 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
46 decided
1,973
Total decisions
234 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings