A Grade II-listed former police station will be turned into flats, offices and a private healthcare space.
Camden Council approved an application to make changes to Hampstead Police Station at a planning committee meeting earlier this month.
The site in Rosslyn Hill has been largely vacant since 2013, and was bought by developer Redington Capital for around £10 million three years ago.
Abacus Belsize Primary School had previously twice tried and failed to make the building its home, with Camden Council and then a planning inspector rejecting its bids.
Under the approved plans, five flats will be built on the upper two floors of the building, while offices and the new private healthcare space would take up the ground and lower ground floors.
Four of the flats will have outdoor space in the form of a terrace or balcony, and new landscaping is proposed to the rear of the building.
In total, there will be one three bedroom flat and two single bedroom flats. The remaining two homes will have two bedrooms each.
Although the former magistrates court within the building would be converted into office space, the developer claims it aims to retain as much original fabric as possible.
This includes keeping the magistrate’s bench and lawyers’ desks, along with the public waiting room.
The plans also allow for extensions to be added to the rear of all four floors of the building.
This includes a courtyard infill extension for a new residential lift, as well as an extension to make more space for homes and offices.
At this month’s planning meeting, one neighbour spoke to raise concerns about noise from the new flat’s terraces.
He said: “The thing we feel hasn’t been addressed is for some sort of elegant solution of a sound screen to direct the sound upwards instead of into the homes in the surrounding area.”
Councillors ultimately decided to amend one of the planning conditions for the development to address these concerns.
Privacy screens on the flat’s terraces, which were initially specified to prevent unreasonable overlooking, will now also need to minimise noise to the surrounding area.
Camden Council’s planning committee unanimously voted in favour of the scheme on the recommendation of planning officers.
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