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5 Caithness Road, London, W14 0JB

2023/01811/FULFull Planning ApplicationRefused
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Refused on 18 October 2023

Council decision: REFUSE

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of the lower ground floor level from a self-contained flat (Class C3) into a HMO (Class Sui Generis) used in connection with the amalgamation of the lower ground and upper floor levels into a single large HMO unit comprising of 8no HMO rooms.

Received
8 July 2023
Ward
Brook Green
  1. Received8 Jul
  2. Validated10 Aug
  3. Consult.3 Oct
  4. Target
  5. Decided18 Oct

Decided in 69 days (council typically 70)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 5 Caithness Road, London, W14 0JB. Hammersmith and Fulham has handled 1,062 applications of this type. This one was decided in 102 days, 5 weeks longer than Hammersmith and Fulham's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 152 applications across Brook Green. We hold 1,829 applications in total for the W14 postcode area.

97% of full applications at London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 10 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
W14 0JB
Application type
Full Planning Application
Scale / size
Medium

Planning application dates

Date validated
10 August 2023
Consultation expiry
3 October 2023
Consultation start
10 August 2023
Consultation end
3 October 2023
Neighbour consultation start
10 August 2023
Application expires
18 October 2026

Planning decision

Statutory period
1165 days

Publicity

Site notice start
10 August 2023

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Flood zone 2: Medium probability (rivers and sea)Part of the site
  • Conservation area: Brook Green

Not published by this council, so not checked: Article 4 directions and tree preservation orders. Ask the council if these matter.

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Hammersmith and Fulham

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