One student-housing change of use 290 m from NW1 0NE is the only high-impact filing this week
Interpretation: the two SERFF lines (California, Texas) cover insurance rate and form filings, which have no rezoning, change-of-use or variance equivalent, so the filing-type filter cannot match there. I treated "within 1 km of NW1 0NE and NW5 2HX" as 1 km of either postcode. The two postcodes sit about 1.8 km apart (computed from postcodes.io grid references). Distances below are approximate, measured from the register's site coordinates to the postcode centroid. Window: 30 September to 6 October 2026.
Count: 2 new matching filings (one registered just before the window, see caveat), 0 decisions, 0 deadlines due in the next 14 days (to 20 October 2026). The nearest comment deadline is 24 October 2026.
| Register | Reference | Filer | Filing type | Location or line | Requested | Status | Decided outcome | Key dates (filed, consultation close, hearing) | Likely impact | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Camden Council planning portal | 2026/3757/P | Kilburn and District Properties Ltd (agent DP9) | Full planning permission, "Mixed Change of Use with Extension" | Shirley House, 25-27 Camden Road NW1 9LN (about 290 m from NW1 0NE, approximate; about 1.55 km from NW5 2HX, outside radius) | Change of use of the existing building from Class E commercial floorspace to purpose-built student accommodation (Sui Generis), plus flexible Class E/F1/F2 floorspace, public realm and canal-side alterations. Bed-space count: not published on the case page | Under consultation | — | Registered 2026-09-28; comments until 2026-10-24; hearing: not published | High: converts commercial space about 290 m from your NW1 0NE site into residential-type use, which is the densification you want flagged | Case record |
| Camden Council planning portal | 2026/4266/P | LabTech (agent ROK Planning) | Variation or removal of condition(s) | Unit 3A Camden Wharf, 28 Jamestown Road NW1 7BY (about 325 m from NW1 0NE, approximate) | Variation of the 15.3.1999 permission (mixed A1, A3, B1 building and Canal Information Centre): alterations to elevations, shopfront, balustrading, terraces and roof plant; omit the approved canopy; discharge part of condition 1 | Under consultation | — | Registered 2026-10-02; comments until 2026-10-26; hearing: not published | Low: commercial land use stays commercial; no residential element on the record | Case record |
Evidence for the table (case pages, accessed 2026-10-06): The Shirley House record shows registration on 28-09-2026, comments until 24-10-2026, status REGISTERED, with proposed land use "C3 Dwelling House, Sui Generis".
Window caveat for 2026/3757/P: the council's registration date (28 September) is two days before the window opens. I include it because PlanIndex lists it as added on 30 September 2026, which suggests it reached the public record inside the window. That date comes from a secondary source, so treat it as inferred. PlanIndex also shows an expected decision date of 23 November 2026, which is a statutory target, not a decision. The site's earlier history on the same source includes a 2014 change of use from B1 to C3 that was granted, so residential conversion on this site has precedent (secondary source).
Other registers
- Camden Council planning portal, hearings: a Committee Date search for 30 September to 6 October returned no records, so no hearing is scheduled in the window.
- SERFF filings: California: no matching filings or status changes in window (filter type not applicable; portal not queried, see Coverage).
- SERFF filings: Texas: no matching filings or status changes in window (filter type not applicable; portal not queried, see Coverage).
Upcoming deadlines
| Date | Reference | Action available | Where |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-24 | 2026/3757/P | Comment on the application | Online comments form on the case record; email [email protected] is also stated on the page (case record) |
| 2026-10-26 | 2026/4266/P | Comment | Same mechanism, case record |
Both fall after the 14-day horizon (20 October), but the Shirley House date is the one to plan around.
Do next
These are suggestions to confirm, not legal or planning advice.
- Open the Shirley House documents tab and note the bed-space count, servicing and canal-side arrangements, since the case page does not state them.
- Decide before 24 October whether to comment, focusing on commercial access, loading and noise-sensitivity of neighbouring warehouse use.
- Re-run this watch next week to catch the Camden weekly list for 28 September to 4 October, which was not yet published when checked.
- Ask your planning adviser whether the Shirley House scale could change how nearby employment sites are treated in later applications (your judgment; not shown on the register).
Near misses
- 2026/4306/P, 5 Pratt Street NW1 0AE (about 155 m from NW1 0NE, approximate): registered 2026-10-02, full permission, "Commercial Change of Use with Extension", proposed land use C3, but the proposal text is "Test" and the applicant is "Oracle Test 02/10". It looks like a test record, so I excluded it from the table (case record). Check whether a real application replaces it.
- 2026/4045/P, 234-240 Grafton Road NW5 4NS (about 0.9 km from NW5 2HX, approximate): non-material amendment to permission 2024/4574/P (granted 21/01/2026, new dwellings), registered 21-09-2026 and decided "Granted" on 29-09-2026, which is before the window and not a change of use (case record).
- 2026/4167/P, Branch Hill House NW3 (change of use C2 to C3, registered 2026-10-01): I judged it to be roughly 3 km away, outside the radius (distance not computed from coordinates).
- 2026/3986/P (33-35 Jamestown Road NW1 7DB): registered 2026-09-30 as a condition discharge for a student-accommodation scheme approved earlier (2024/4953/P); approval of details, not a change of use.
Coverage
SERFF Filing Access for California and Texas was not queried: the portal addresses I tried returned 404, and SERFF holds insurance filings that cannot match a rezoning, change-of-use or variance filter. Camden's weekly list for 28 September to 4 October was not yet published, so I searched the council's Planning Explorer directly (Date Registered, Decision Date and Committee Date, 30 September to 6 October: 71, 58 and 0 records respectively; I screened the registered list by address and description rather than opening every case page). Distances are approximate.
Sources
- Camden Planning Explorer, Shirley House 2026/3757/P case record, accessed 2026-10-06
- Camden Planning Explorer, Camden Wharf 2026/4266/P case record, accessed 2026-10-06
- Camden Planning Explorer, 5 Pratt Street 2026/4306/P case record, accessed 2026-10-06
- Camden Planning Explorer, 234-240 Grafton Road 2026/4045/P case record, accessed 2026-10-06
- Camden Planning Explorer search form, accessed 2026-10-06
- Camden weekly list of planning applications, accessed 2026-10-06
- PlanIndex, 2026/3757/P (secondary source), accessed 2026-10-06
- postcodes.io, NW1 7BY lookup, accessed 2026-10-06