College Building 10 Thornhaugh Street Russell Square London WC1H 0XG Data via plota.co.uk

2025/1678/L - Listed Building Consent Approved
Listed buildings

Proposal

Replacement of non-original ceiling panels and lighting fittings on the first floor, staff common room. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Apr 2025
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Validated
28 May 2025
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Approved
29 May 2025
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Appeal allowed
19 May 2026

Approved on 29 May 2025 · Delegated · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 10

14 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Philips Building, School of Oriental and African Studies, Grade II*, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 3 Grade II*, 11 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.
Show all 14 with distances
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
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.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 130 m away: Russell Square; National infrastructure project about 1407 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Inside the Camden built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Designated open space about 40 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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
WC1H 0XG
Received
17 Apr 2025
Validated
28 May 2025
Ward
Bloomsbury
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted
Decision date
29 May 2025
Decision level
Delegated
Appeal
Allowed · 19 May 2026 · Written Representations · Inspectorate case 6003083 ↗
Agent
Turnberry Consulting Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 1 days from validation, 49 days faster than Camden's median of 50 for listed building works. Approved, as 98% of listed building works here are.

61%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
231decided in the last year

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
17 Apr 2025

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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Camden
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#231 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

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
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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