®Planning appeal decision
Land at: Fourth-Fifth Floor Duplexes, 18 Stukeley Street, London, WC2B 5LR
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
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.
Framework references: 58, 59, 60
Plan policies cited: Policy H1, Policy H3, Policy E3, Policy A1, Policy A4, Policy T1, Policy T2, Policy DM1, Policy D1, Policy D2, London Plan Policy H8, London Plan Policy H9, High Holborn Vision Supplementary Planning Document (2025)
Judgments cited: 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
The main issues and the deciding factor are read from the published letter by Town Planner Pro; the letter itself is the record. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Research, not advice.