Kelvin House 123 Judd Street London WC1H 9NP Data via plota.co.uk

2025/3810/P - Full Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Partial change of use of building from telephone exchange (Sui Generis) to use as a hotel (Class C1) with retention of existing telephone exchange (Sui Generis) at part of basement and ground floor. Proposed extension with green roofs, PV panels and external alterations to the building. Associated public realm works, including to courtyard. Associated highway and access works RECONSULTATION FOR UPDATED DAYLIGHT/SUNLIGHT REPORT Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
10 Sept 2025
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Approved
19 Aug 2026

Approved on 19 Aug 2026 · Development Control Committee · Last checked 20 Aug 2026

Site constraints 11

Bloomsbury conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
2 Article 4 directions
Basements · Commercial, Business, and Service (Use Class E) to residential (Use Class C3) (in CAZ). Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Air quality management area: Camden AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Central activities zone
The core of central London in the London Plan.
Offices, culture and the other strategic functions of the centre take priority over new housing here.
Also on the record
9 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Wider setting of protected view 6A.1 Blackheath Point to St Paul's Cathedral; Radon affected area, class 2; National infrastructure project about 1884 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Inside the Camden built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6b (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Town centre about 48 m away: Kings Cross.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, the Planning Inspectorate, the British Geological Survey and UK Health Security Agency (radon, contains BGS materials © UKRI), Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £12,000,000 in April 2025. Other property, leasehold.

7 April 2025£12,000,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

Building

Floor area9,118 m² (98,145 sq ft)
Energy ratingB (asset rating 43)
UseOffices and Workshop Businesses
HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in December 2022, the latest held for this property, matched to this application by its address. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Council
Camden
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
WC1H 9NP
Validated
10 Sept 2025
Ward
Bloomsbury
Case officer
Show
Decision
Granted Subject to a Section 106 Legal Agreement 19-08-2026
Decision date
19 Aug 2026
Decision level
Development Control Committee
Applicant
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Agent
DP9 Limited

How this decision compares

Decided in 343 days from validation, 272 days slower than Camden's median of 71 for commercial premises. Approved, as 96% of commercial premises here are.

43%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
12%go to committee

Plota live figures for commercial premises decided by Camden in the last twelve months, from validation. Camden decision record →

Camden
Planning Authority Score
3.1/10
Poor
#231 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Camden is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #242 out of 296. Householder applications are slightly less likely to be approved here (88%) than the national average (90%).

Slower than most councils
for householder decisions
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Camden decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
88%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #149 of 296
88%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #215 of 296
49%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #242 of 296
41%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #158 of 296
90%
Minor dwellings approved
467 decided (1-9 homes)
80%
Major dwellings approved
10 decided (10+ homes)
93%
Change of use approved
46 decided
1,973
Total decisions
234 refused in the year to March 2026

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.