Spurgeon Street Illegal Hotel

Does anyone know more details about the attempt to build a hotel with no planning permission on Spurgeon street?

Wow, interesting! Odd spot. More details? Where do you think the 'illegal' hotel would actually be built/be occupied?

Is it this one?
www.laterooms.com/en/hotel-directions/260851_accommodation-london-bridge-london.aspx
I passed by today and the doors were open and it looks like it's in business

southwark planning dept have, in the past, approved unauthorised works/changes of use/developemnts, when the application is likely to be approved. that is, likely to be approved by the planning department and/or councillros who get to do what the planning department advises them to. even if the local community is totally against the proposal.
go. figure.

Ah, interestng -- too bad they can't improve the exterior of the building. So ugly...

This is the reply I got from Councillor Tim McNally

Cllr Poddy Clark got an enforcement and stop notice served on this hotel. They have now appealed to the inspectorate

According to the reviews its been in business since May
I called them last night and they only had one vacant room so definitely up and running and no evidence at all of planning permission.

So it's an office conversion rather than an illicit newbuild? Generally I'm all for planning procedures being upheld but not sure that halfway down Great Dover Street this is an egregious breach. There was never going to be a Hilton there and I can't imagine a disused commercial building as being preferable for neighbours.

Borough could do with a bigger supply of decent budget hotel rooms - as (being in a one-bedroom flat) I discover each time I need to put up a visiting relative.

I think you will find Boroman that planning laws apply to the whole of the SE1 area and it is not more or less egregious just because it happens to be 'halfway down Great Dover Street'
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I'm a bit surprised at how bold they are being, but then if the council is likely to agree it after the fact they were probably confident they would be able to carry on. Presumably they had to do lots of conversion works, I'm surprised complaints weren't made then.

I'm not sure why Great Dover Street in particular deserves to have it's planning rules waived, it's a perfectly nice street! It's also not that cheap a stay (the hostel up the road is cheaper Boroman, and has a women's only section, or during the summer the halls of residence are very good).

I live next door and have been trying to figure out what they have been up to there for a few months, and am surprise they didn’t try to convert this to flats as I think they will go for a good price.

In any case, the issues is not with a hotel (although I would be concern if next step is to convert the roof to a bar!) but with the disregarded for planning permission.

We should not support people who break the law knowingly and have a total disregard for the rest of the community. Those people should suffer significant financial losses so that they learn….