18 Museum Street London WC1A 1JN Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
Replacement of entrance doors and change of window frame colour at ground floor level on the Museum Street Elevation. Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Under consideration
No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 11 Dec 2026 and 1 Jan 2027, from Camden's recent extensions.
Site constraints 10
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- 20 m42-47, Museum StreetGrade II
- 36 m43 and 45 New Oxford Street including 16 West Central StreetGrade II
- 36 m35 and 37 New Oxford StreetGrade II
- 39 mThe Old Crown, 33 New Oxford StreetGrade II
- 44 mChurch of St George and Attached Railings, Gates and LampsGrade I
- 46 m5, Little Russell StreetGrade II
- 48 mThe Plough (Number 27)Grade II
- 49 m30 Coptic Street and 35 Little Russell StreetGrade II
- 50 m40 and 41, Museum StreetGrade II
- 51 m10-12 Museum StreetGrade II
- 59 mThe Bloomsbury Public HouseGrade II
- 62 mQueen Alexandra MansionsGrade II
- 70 m27, Little Russell StreetGrade II
- 70 mDrinking Fountain at Junction With Shaftesbury AvenueGrade II
- 71 m37, 38 and 39, Museum StreetGrade II
- 83 mNos 43-48 Great Russell StreetGrade II
- 88 mMuseum TavernGrade II
- 92 mJames Smith and Sons, Hazelwood HouseGrade II*
- 93 mKing Edward Mansions and Sovereign HouseGrade II
- 94 m18-21, Little Russell StreetGrade II
- 102 mNumber 10 and Attached RailingsGrade II
- 116 mMain Entrance Gateway, Railings and Attached Lodges to the British MuseumGrade II*
- 117 mPair of K6 Telephone Kiosks Next to the Western Stone Pier on Front Boundary RailingsGrade II
- 121 mShaftesbury TheatreGrade II
- 125 mEighteen Lamp Posts on the Forecourt of the British MuseumGrade II
- 128 m1, 3 and 5, Bloomsbury StreetGrade II
- 128 mBloomsbury Central Baptist ChurchGrade II
- 128 mThe British MuseumGrade I
- 136 mNumbers 89, 90 and 91 and Attached RailingsGrade II
- 136 m233 Shaftesbury AvenueGrade II
Checked on 23 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.
Building
From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2014, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate
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Important details
Decision outlook
Day 7 of the 56-day target. Camden usually decides extensions by day 58.
Plota live figures for extensions decided by Camden in the last twelve months, from validation. Camden decision record →
Consultation & key dates
- Comments by
- 11 Nov 2026
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%).
Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.
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