4 Flat 3rd Floor South Verulam Buildings London WC1R 5LW Data via plota.co.uk

2025/2244/P - Full Planning Permission REGISTERED

Proposal

Change of use from C3 Dwellinghouse, to E(g)(i) Office. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
27 May 2025
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Validated
5 Jun 2025
Decision
Target date was 31 Jul 2025

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision around 6 Nov 2026; it is now day 519.

The consultation period closed on 6 Jul 2025.

Documents

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Associated applications 2

Site constraints 13

17 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Verulam Buildings Numbers 1 to 5 and Attached Railings, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 2 Grade II*, 15 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 ↗
Registered park or garden: Gray's Inn
Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Bloomsbury conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
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 ↗
Article 4 direction
Basements. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
National infrastructure project about 799 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is about 799 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, about 1281 m).
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
Wider setting of protected view 4A.1 Primrose Hill summit to St Paul's Cathedral; 5A.2 Greenwich Park Wolfe statue to St Paul's Cathedral; 6A.1 Blackheath Point to St Paul's Cathedral; Inside the Camden built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Priority habitat about 10 m away: Deciduous woodland; Designated open space about 10 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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, 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
WC1R 5LW
Received
27 May 2025
Validated
5 Jun 2025
Ward
Holborn and Covent Garden
Case officer
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Agent
Gilmore Hankey Kirke Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 519, past the statutory target. 60% of full applications in Camden are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 2 Nov 2026.

Day 519463 days past the 56-day target
39%decided within 8 weeks
93%approved
14%go to committee

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Camden in the last twelve months, from validation. Camden decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
6 Jul 2025

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
35 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8PG
Installation of gas riser to front elevation at ground floor level (retrospective).
2024/5056/P
2024
Flat 3rd Floor North 3 Verulam Buildings London WC1R 5LQ
Change of use from C3 Dwellinghouse, to E(g)(i) Office.
2024/4683/P
2024 Refused
Pavement outside 133 Clerkenwell Road London EC1R 5DB
Installation of a Pulse Smart Hub with integrated digital screens and emergency functiona…
2024/3310/P
2024 Refused
Pavement outside 133 Clerkenwell Road London EC1R 5DB
Display of illuminated content on digital screens integrated within new communication Hub.
2024/3446/A
2024 Approved
Gray's Inn Gardens Gray's Inn Road London WC1R
EAST SIDE: 1 x Hawthorn (T112) - Fell to near ground level and grind out stump to approx…
2024/3409/T
2023 Refused
134 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8AS
Retention of air condition unit and louvre at ground floor fascia level on front facade (…
2023/3485/P
2024 Withdrawn
Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London Camden WC1X 8NH
Change of use of the third to fifth floors of 70 Gray's Inn Road from office (Class E) to…
2023/4871/P
2023 Approved
88 &100 Gray's Inn Road 127 Clerkenwell Road London
Details of cross-laminated timber suitability required by condition 36 of planning permis…
2023/5469/P
2023 Approved
88 & 100 Gray's Inn Road 127 Clerkenwell Road London WC1X 8AL
Details of a basement works monitoring required by condition 21 of planning permission 20…
2023/5467/P
2024 Approved
Gray's Inn Gardens Gray's Inn London WC1R
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2022 Approved
100 & 88 Gray's Inn Road and 127 Clerkenwell Road London WC1X 8AL
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2023 Approved
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2023 Approved
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Installation of 6 x air conditioning units at the western elevation
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2023 Approved
37 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8PQ
Installation of 1x dry riser at ground-floor front elevation.
2023/3163/P
2023 Approved
The Yorkshire Grey 2 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8PN
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2023 Withdrawn
Shene House, Flat 10 Portpool Lane London Camden EC1N 7UE
Internal alterations to lobby area.
2023/2740/INVALID
2023 Approved
Grays Inn Residences Clerkenwell Road London EC1R 5HN
REAR GARDEN: 3 x Cockspur Thorns (T648, T649 & T650) - Raise lower canopies to 2.5m. 1 x…
2023/0020/T
2022 Approved
1-5 Offices And Premises At Lower Ground Floor Portpool Lane London Camden EC1N 7UU
Use of Lower ground floor and Ground floor as a Medical Centre - (Class E)
2022/4546/P
2022 Approved
The Yorkshire Grey 2 Theobalds Road London WC1X 8PN
4 Tables and 16 Chairs Monday-Sunday 10:00-21:00 New Application (from 01/10/2022)
2022/3716/PVL
2022 Withdrawn
88 & 100 Gray’s Inn Road and 127 Clerkenwell Road, London WC1X 8AL
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2022/5071/NEW
2016 Approved
39-43 Gray's Inn Road LONDON WC1X 8PR
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2016/5023/A
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108 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8AJ
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2016/2492/A
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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