Queens Hotel, 122 Church Road, London, SE19 2UG

Planning appeal 3370365 at Queens Hotel, 122 Church Road, London, SE19 2UG (London Borough of Croydon) was decided (appeal withdrawn) on 23 June 2026 by Inspector Aston R, following an inquiry. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: Whether the planning obligation continues to serve a useful purpose.

Application under s.106A of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to modify the planning obligation dated 28 March 2019 by removing clauses 6.10.1 and 6.10.2 (a 90-day maximum length of stay restriction and 28-day non-resumption clause) relating to the redevelopment of the Queens Hotel

Authority: London Borough of Croydon
Appeal type: other · Section 106 Agreement
Procedure: Inquiry
Development: leisure-sport · Other minor developments
Inspector: Aston R
Postcode: SE19 2UG

Main issues, as the Inspector framed them

Whether the planning obligation continues to serve a useful purpose
Equality, Human Rights and Other Considerations

What decided it

The Inspector's finding that the 90-day occupation restriction served a genuine useful purpose in preventing longer-term occupation of substandard, poorly-lit hotel rooms unsuitable for extended stays.

Having found a useful purpose, the Inspector held there was no scope in the s.106A/106B legislative test to weigh adverse equality or human rights impacts against that useful purpose; nonetheless, having considered those impacts, dismissal was concluded to be proportionate and necessary in the public interest.

What the Inspector cited

Judgments: Great Yarmouth BC v Al-Abdin [2022] EWHC 3476; Epping Forest DC v Somani Hotels Ltd & Secretary of State for the Home Department & Anor [2026] EWCA Civ 264; Patel v SSCLG & Others [2016] EWHC 3354 (Admin)

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