Bid to Convert More of International House into Flats

An application for prior approval covers the fifth and sixth floors and is accompanied by separate full planning applications for linked works, including roof-level alterations, a replacement glass atrium and four additional accessible parking spaces.

The scheme follows a prior approval granted in May 2025 for the change of use of the second, third and fourth floors to provide 148 residential units; that consent remains valid but works have not yet started.

The current proposal seeks to convert previously ancillary roof space and upper floor offices into 41 maisonette-style homes, each designed as a two-bedroom, four-person duplex, and the applicant says the proposals should be read alongside the earlier approvals and the parallel applications for structural and access changes.

The office space in the building is currently vacant and has been stripped out to a shell condition.

SM Planning has submitted a package of technical reports to support the case including an analysis which highlights the site’s strong public transport accessibility, with a PTAL rating of 6a and close proximity to Ealing Broadway station. It proposes a largely car-free development in line with London Plan policy, while providing four accessible parking bays and an enforced car parking management plan. Cycle parking provision has been increased to meet London Cycle Design Standards, with a mix of accessible cargo spaces, Sheffield stands and gas-assisted two-tier racks distributed across stores in the building and shared with units approved on lower levels.

The noise assessment recognises the town-centre setting and recommends façade sound insulation measures to ensure acceptable living conditions for occupiers.

Because the building would reach the height threshold that triggers the fire risks condition, the submission includes a detailed fire strategy; that strategy outlines residential sprinklers, smoke ventilation options, protected stair enclosures, compartmentation, external wall remediation, evacuation provisions for mobility-impaired residents and fire service access measures intended to comply with relevant regulations.

The applicant also addresses heritage and town-centre considerations, noting that the change of use affects only the upper floors and will preserve the active street-level frontage within the Ealing Town Centre Conservation Area; SM Planning argues that introducing additional residents will strengthen local footfall and support businesses while improving the integration of the Broadway Centre with neighbouring residential areas. The submission states that the building has been in lawful office use for more than two years and is not subject to an Article 4 direction.

You can find further details about the applications and make comments by searching using the reference 254161PACBSD on the planning section of the Ealing Council web site.

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