10-11 Offices And Premises At 1st Floor North Gray's Inn Square London WC1R 5JD Data via plota.co.uk

2026/2515/P - Full Planning Permission REGISTERED
Change of useNew homesCommercial premises

Proposal

Change of use from to E(g)(i) Office to C3 Dwellinghouse. Use to be swapped with 4 Verulam Buildings Third Floor South (see parallel application 2025/2244/P) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
18 Jun 2026
Decision
Target date was 13 Aug 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision by 3 Dec 2026, from Camden's recent changes of use.

The consultation period closed on 19 Jul 2026.

Documents

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Associated applications 2

Site constraints 13

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 ↗
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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
22 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Gray's Inn Square Numbers 12, 13 and 14, Gatehouse and Attached Railings, Grade II*, about 17 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 4 Grade II*, 17 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 ↗
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 691 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is about 691 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 1174 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; Designated open space about 9 m away; Priority habitat about 34 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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 5JD
Received
18 Jun 2026
Validated
18 Jun 2026
Ward
Holborn and Covent Garden
Case officer
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Agent
Gilmore Hankey Kirke Ltd

Decision outlook

Day 141, past the statutory target. 46% of changes of use 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 29 Oct 2026.

Day 14185 days past the 56-day target
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
19 Jul 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2024 Approved
11-12 South Square London WC1R 5HH
Creation of open topped plantroom within main central roof.
2024/5553/P
2024 Approved
8 South Square London WC1R 5ET
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2024/5449/P
2024 Approved
52-54 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8LT
Erection of 8no. balconies to rear elevation and associated replacement of windows with e…
2024/5506/P
2024 Approved
Bus Shelter Opposite 60 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8LU
Display of double-sided digital LCD screens to existing bus shelter structure no. 0107/03…
2024/4943/A
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
52-54 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8LT
Erection of 8 balconies with glass balustrades and 1.8m high privacy screens to the rear…
2024/0557/P
2024 Withdrawn
Verulam Gardens 70 Gray's Inn Road London Camden WC1X 8NH
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2023/4871/P
2024 Approved
54 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8LT
Details to discharge condition 4 (Construction Method Statement) of planning permission 2…
2024/2395/P
2023 Approved
2 Gray's Inn Square London WC1R 5AA
Installation of 1 no. new gas riser to the ground floor of the front elevation and 1 no…
2023/4920/P
2023 Approved
1-5 Offices And Premises At Ground Floor Portpool Lane London EC1N 7UU
Installation of 6 x air conditioning units at the western elevation
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2022 Approved
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2022 Approved
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2021 Refused
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52 Gray's Inn Road London WC1X 8LT
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2021 Refused
Vehicle entrance (East Gate) between No. 13 and 14 Gray’s Inn Square London WC1R 5JP
Installation of freestanding metal gate in front of existing arch.
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2021 Refused
Vehicle entrance (East Gate) between No. 13 and 14 Gray’s Inn Square London WC1R 5JP
Installation of free-standing metal gate in front of existing arch.
2021/0516/L
2020 Refused
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Erection of front infill roof extension at 5th floor level and mansard roof extension at…
2020/3884/P
2021
Flat 3rd Floor South 3 Gray's Inn Square London WC1R 5AH
Conversion of attic space into a separate residential flat consisting of 1 x 2 bed self-c…
2021/3190/P
2016 Approved
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2016/0914/L
2016 Refused
12 Gray's Inn Square London WC1R 5JP
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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