®Planning appeal decision
Land at: Fourth-Fifth Floor Duplexes, 18 Stukeley Street, London, WC2B 5LR
Planning appeal 3370591 at Land at: Fourth-Fifth Floor Duplexes, 18 Stukeley Street, London, WC2B 5LR (London Borough of Camden) was dismissed on 22 June 2026 by Inspector Ollerenshaw M, by written representations. The main issue, as the Inspector framed it: the effect of the developments on the supply of housing.
without planning permission: following the demolition of the pre-existing fourth floor single storey extension, the erection of a double-storey roof extension with a roof terrace, located at fourth and fifth floors of the property, for use as 2 units of temporary sleep accommodation
- Authority
- London Borough of Camden
- Appeal type
- enforcement · Enforcement Notice
- Procedure
- Written Representations
- Development
- residential · Other minor developments
- Inspector
- Ollerenshaw M
- Postcode
- WC2B 5LR
Main issues, as the Inspector framed them
- the effect of the developments on the supply of housing
- the effect on the living conditions of neighbouring occupiers, with particular regard to noise and disturbance
- the effect on highway safety, with regard to car parking
What decided it
The use of the units as temporary sleeping accommodation constitutes a material change of use that reduces the supply of permanent housing and causes harm to neighbouring living conditions through noise and disturbance, contrary to the development plan, and this harm cannot be outweighed by the limited benefits of short-term letting opportunities.
The limited positive weight attached to the efficient use of units during the marketing period and social and economic benefits of short-term letting does not outweigh the harm to housing supply and neighbouring living conditions.
What the Inspector cited
- Development plan policies
- Policy H1Policy H3Policy E3Policy A1Policy A4Policy T1Policy T2Policy DM1Policy D1Policy D2London Plan Policy H8London Plan Policy H9High Holborn Vision Supplementary Planning Document (2025)
- National Planning Policy Framework
- Paragraph 58Paragraph 59Paragraph 60
- Judgments
- Gravesham BC v SSE & O'Brien [1982] 47 P&CR 142; [1983] JPL 307; Moore v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government [2012] EWCA Civ 1202
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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