Thanks for the replies.
There was very little slack on the cable so I extended it with an inline junction box and some new cable.
Makes sense on the switched cable. Most of the loft is boarded and it was the only cable I could find that was accessible. I've removed the junction box and...
Hi,
In my loft I have two daisy chained lights installed by the previous owner, they just had a long cable and a 3 pin plug on the end that I had to drag out of the loft and plug into a socket on the stairs every time I wanted to go into the loft.
I decided to add a junction box and a switch...