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34 Pembroke Square, London, W8 6PD
External development comprising of: repairs and treatment works to front vaults at ground and lower ground floor levels, installation of additional staircase to front lightwell, replacement windows (d
132-134 Kensington High Street, London, W8 7RL
Installation of 1x illuminated fascia and 1x projecting shop sign.
161 King's Road, London, SW3 5TX
Installation of new extract duct to rear of property.
36 Lower Addison Gardens, London
Prune 1 x London Plane (front)
38 Lower Addison Gardens, London
Prune 2 x London Plane (front)
Flat 42, St Georges Court, Gloucester Road, London, SW7 4RA
Prune 2 x Horse Chestnut and 1 x Sycamore (rear)
46 Pembroke Square, London, W8 6PE
Prune 1 x Bay, 1 x Magnolia and 1 x Cherry (rear)
41 Harrington Gardens, London, SW7 4JU
Prune 1 x Mulberry (rear)
13 Fernshaw Road, London
Prune 1 x London plane (rear)
2 Finstock Road, London, W10 6LT
Replacement and alteration of selected rear and side windows with traditional timber sash windows; replacement of rear bi-fold door with a timber French door and side panels; repainting of external wi
51 Bedford Gardens, London, W8 7EF
Partial demolition and like-for-like rebuilding of existing boundary wall, retaining its existing height, alignment and overall appearance, with a new lightweight construction around tree to allow for
47 Campden Hill Square, London, W8 7JR
Proposed works comprise refurbishment and alteration of ground and lower ground floors of existing single-family dwelling, including construction of a single-storey glazed infill rear extension at gro
44 Pembridge Villas, London, W11 3EG
Construction of proposed 2m rear extension with matching timber sash windows and casement doors.
3 Earls Terrace, London, W8 6LP
Variation of Condition 3A of listed building consent 24/08271 (Reinstatement of missing fireplaces and original room proportions. Installation of double glazed timber frame windows and doors on front
10-12 Cadogan Square, London, SW1X 0JU
Replacement of an existing lead finish to a flat roof with new lead.
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When Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea refuses an application, or does not decide it in time, the applicant can appeal to the Planning Inspectorate. An appeal that is allowed is one the council lost. Raw rates are not comparable between councils, because some kinds of appeal are allowed far more often than others, so the Inspectorate's national rate for each kind is applied to this council's own caseload to give the rate its mix predicts.
Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, raw rate
37.4%
of judged appeals were allowed, so the council's decision did not stand
Expected for this mix of appeals
28.7%
what the national rate for each kind of appeal predicts for this council's caseload
8.7 percentage points above expected. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea's decisions are overturned more often than the national record for the same kinds of appeal predicts for its caseload.
1,243 appeals counted, 1,189 judged either way (445 allowed, 744 dismissed), 54 judged neither way. These are appeals decided 2016-07 to 2026-06.
Each kind of appeal against the national rate for the same kind. This is the comparison the headline is built from.
| Appeal type | Cases | Judged | Allowed | This council | National |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 616 | 601 | 227 | 37.8% | 28.8% |
| Householder (HAS) | 240 | 234 | 99 | 42.3% | 35.6% |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 142 | 133 | 53 | 39.8% | 25% |
| Enforcement Notice | 125 | 104 | 19 | 18.3% | 13.5% |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 55 | 55 | 20 | 36.4% | 33.3% |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 29 | 29 | 11 | 37.9% | 36.9% |
| Advertisement Appeal | 17 | 17 | 12 | 70.6% | 36% |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | 10 | 7 | 3 | 42.9% | 8.1% |
| Advert Discontinuance | 2 | 2 | 0 | Too few judged | 19.1% |
| Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts) | 2 | 2 | 1 | Too few judged | 27.6% |
| Tree Preservation Order | 2 | 2 | 0 | Too few judged | 20.6% |
| Commercial Appeals Service (Planning) | 1 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 0% |
| Community Infrastructure Levy Appeal | 1 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 25.2% |
| Tree Replacement Notice | 1 | 1 | 0 | Too few judged | 31.9% |
“Judged” counts appeals allowed or dismissed. The rest were withdrawn, invalid, split or unrecorded, and are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. A percentage is published only where at least 5 appeals were judged either way. Where it is not, the counts still are: a rate over one or two cases would claim a precision the sample cannot carry.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database, published quarterly on GOV.UK. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. These figures are the Inspectorate's appeal record, not the council's own planning register.
Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea collects contributions from developers under planning obligations, but we do not yet hold its register in a form we can publish figures from. Only a minority of authorities publish one we can read, and this is not one of them, so we show nothing rather than a figure we cannot stand behind.
Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea is a local planning authority responsible for processing planning applications within its area. Applications are submitted through the council's planning portal and cover a wide range of development types, from householder extensions and change of use to large-scale residential and commercial schemes.
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