The Pears Building 5th And 6th Floors Royal Free Hospital Pond Street London NW3 2PP Data via plota.co.uk

2026/4175/P - Full Planning Permission REGISTERED
Change of use

Proposal

Change of use of the existing patient hotel (approved under ref. ), to allow the patient hotel to also be used by the general public on Friday and Saturday nights and the nights preceding bank holidays, while retaining priority access for existing approved users at all times. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
around 6 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 1 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision around 20 Jan 2027, from Camden's recent changes of use.

Comments are open until 27 Oct 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 10

Article 4 direction
Basements. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
13 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Gates, Piers and Boundary Wall to the Church of St Stephen, Grade II, about 30 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade I, 12 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Conservation area about 14 m away: Hampstead
The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.
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 ↗
Also on the record
Local nature reserve about 340 m away: Belsize Wood; Heritage at risk about 31 m away: Section of boundary wall to St Stephen's Church, Rosslyn Hill; Inside the Camden built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 5 (very good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Designated open space about 20 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 7 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, 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.

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Important details

Council
Camden
Application type
Full Planning Permission
Postcode
NW3 2PP
Received
around 6 Oct 2026
Validated
6 Oct 2026
Ward
Gospel Oak
Case officer
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Applicant
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Agent
Newsteer Real Estate Advisers

Decision outlook

Day 3 of the 56-day target. Camden usually decides changes of use by day 106.

Day 3103 days to the predicted decision (day 106)
33%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
15%go to committee

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Camden in the last twelve months, from validation. Camden decision record →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
27 Oct 2026
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings