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Offices And Premises At Unit 5 Ground Floor 37 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3PP
Planning appeal 3359191 at Offices And Premises At Unit 5 Ground Floor 37 Great Russell Street, London, WC1B 3PP (London Borough of Camden) was dismissed on 22 July 2025 by Inspector Storey P, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: whether the proposal would accord with the policies of the development plan relating to affordable and car-free housing.
change of use of part of the ground floor from Class E (office) to Class C3 (residential) with associated external alterations
- Authority
- London Borough of Camden
- Appeal type
- minor · Planning Appeal
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Change of use
- Inspector
- Storey P
- Postcode
- WC1B 3PP
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- whether the proposal would accord with the policies of the development plan relating to affordable and car-free housing
- whether future occupiers of the proposed development would be provided with suitable living conditions, with specific regard to sunlight, outlook and internal layout
What decided it
The failure of the Unilateral Undertaking to include monitoring costs and indexation provisions meant the development could not secure the necessary mitigation to comply with affordable housing and car-free housing policies, and this conflict with the development plan was not outweighed by the limited benefits of the proposal under the paragraph 11.d) balance.
The benefits of providing an additional dwelling in a sustainable location with defined housing need and efficient land use were limited and were outweighed by the conflict with the development plan when assessed against the Framework as a whole under paragraph 11.d).
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H4Policy T2Policy DM1Policy D1Policy H6Policy D3Policy D6
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 58Paragraph 11
How the Inspector dealt with each one is set out in the app, in order: the development plan, national policy, housing land supply, other considerations and the planning balance, beside the letter.
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