15-16 Bedford Square London WC1B 3JA Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Existing lantern light to rear of No.16 Bedford Square to be removed and replaced with modern equivalent. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 9 Jul 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 16 Oct 2026
Site constraints 11
Show all 18 with distances
- 0 mNumbers 12-27 and Attached RailingsGrade I
- 12 mThirty Seven Lamp Standards Around the SquareGrade II
- 23 mNumbers 1 to 15 and Attached RailingsGrade II
- 27 mRailings and Gates to Private Garden in Middle of SquareGrade II
- 53 mNumbers 2 to 20 and Attached RailingsGrade II
- 53 mNumber 11 and Attached RailingsGrade I
- 57 mNumbers 1-10 and Attached RailingsGrade I
- 71 mGates, Boundary Walls and Railings to Rear Garden of Numbers 2-20 Gower StreetGrade II
- 84 mGarden House in Private Garden in Middle of SquareGrade II
- 86 mNumbers 15a and 17 to 49 and Attached RailingsGrade II
- 98 mNumbers 6-10 and Attached RailingsGrade II
- 99 mLondon School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine and Attached Walls and RailingsGrade II
- 101 mNumbers 28-38 and Attached RailingsGrade I
- 120 mNumbers 40-54 and Attached RailingsGrade I
- 125 mThe British Museum King Edward Vii Galleries and Attached Wall and LionsGrade I
- 126 mThe British MuseumGrade I
- 128 mSenate House and Institute of Education (University of London) and Attached RailingsGrade II*
- 131 mNumbers 24-60 and Attached RailingsGrade II
Checked on 14 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, 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
- Listed Building Consent
- Postcode
- WC1B 3JA
- Received
- 4 Jun 2025
- Validated
- 4 Jun 2025
- Ward
- Bloomsbury
- Case officer
- Show
- Decision
- Granted
- Decision date
- 9 Jul 2025
- Decision level
- Delegated
- Appeal
- Dismissed · 11 Mar 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6001685 ↗
- Applicant
- Show
- Agent
- Wright & Wright Architects
How this decision compares
Decided in 35 days from validation, 15 days faster than Camden's median of 50 for listed building works. Approved, as 98% of listed building works here are.
Plota live figures for listed building works 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.
Nearby activity
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%).
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