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London Student Housing Conference Planning
Issues 30 June 2008 David Joyce - London
Borough of Camden
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Camden context

• Borough of diversity with wide inequalities
• More than 210,000 residents
• Highest proportion of full-time students in UK
• Third highest average house price in London
• Half of businesses within the knowledge economy

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Students in Camden

• Camden Housing Need Survey
• 30,423 students at Higher Education institutions
  in Camden
• Approximately 4,153 student households in Camden
• Camden houses 17th highest number of students of
  the 33 London Boroughs
• Majority of students reside in the private rented
  sector

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Providing student housing in Camden

• Not defined as either affordable housing or needs
  housing
• Exempt from affordable housing provision
• Windfall sites rather than designated housing
  sites
• Cannot be used as a replacement for affordable
  provision

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Other policy considerations

• Not Lifetime homes but wheelchair standards
• BREEAM very good rating
• 20 on-site renewable energy
• Biodiversity and green roofs
• Provision of public open space
• Design principles

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Recent schemes and issues

• Light industrial site Scheme amended to
  re-provide some B8 uses
• Office site Applicant demonstrated the limited
  viability for continued office use
• Usage Camden requested details of use in summer
  months to prevent usage as a hotel
• Occupation Camden restricts occupation to
  students in full or part-time education in London
  institutions, and not sold as separate units.