Kensington & Chelsea planning applications
SiteLens tracks and classifies every planning application submitted to Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, updated daily. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea received 1,015 planning applications in the last 90 days, 2 of them major schemes. 92% of the applications it decided were approved, with a median decision time of 59 days.
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Recent applications in Kensington & Chelsea
See all →Majors and higher-value work first, tree works, condition discharges and adverts last.
3 Mulberry Walk, London, SW3 6DZ
Basement variation scheme, Kensington, with revised rear elevation and landscaping. Deepens the permitted basement, shrinks the lightwell and alters rear windows, railings and doors at variation stage. Revised rooflight, railings and paving specs let groundworks, steel and glazing firms re-price…
GroundworksBrickworkGlazing
60 Holland Park, London, W11 3SJ
Listed rear extension, Kensington house, listed building consent sought. Rear extension to a listed Holland Park house, with drawings withheld online and the storey level unclear. Heritage-sensitive joinery, traditional brickwork and conservation glazing suit specialist subcontractors in this prime…
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
Harrods, 87-135 Brompton Road, London, SW1X 7XL
Harrods pharmacy relocation fit-out, Kensington, planning permission sought. Fifth-floor fit-out relocates pharmacy retail and consultation rooms, with sixth-floor infill for stockroom and WCs. Partitioning, M&E and drainage for new WCs are the live packages for specialist fit-out subcontractors.
Fit-outM&EDrainage
11 St Luke's Street, London, SW3 3RS
Basement floor-lowering scheme, Kensington and Chelsea, full application. Lowers the vault and utility-area floor at lower-ground level of a St Luke's Street house at full stage. Excavation, groundworks and drainage packages suit Chelsea specialist subcontractors in a high-value local market.
GroundworksDrainage
Harrods, 87-135 Brompton Road, London, SW1X 7XL
Harrods internal pharmacy fit-out, Kensington, listed building consent. Creates pharmacy, consultation rooms, dispensary and toilets by infilling sixth-floor space. Partitioning, joinery and toilet drainage suit fit-out contractors experienced in listed interiors.
Fit-outDrainageM&E
14 Balliol Road, London, W10 6LX
Two single-storey extensions and rooflights, Kensington, at full householder stage. A side infill with pitched roof and a green-roofed rear extension to a Balliol Road house, plus sash upgrades and permeable paving. Green roof build-up, pitched roof carpentry, slim-frame glazing and permeable…
BrickworkRoofingGlazing
60 Holland Park, London, W11 3SJ
Rear extension in Holland Park, Kensington and Chelsea. Rear extension to a house at full permission stage; drawings are unpublished, so scope needs confirming with the case officer. Premium-market value favours high-spec glazing, brickwork and steel packages for local specialist subcontractors.
BrickworkRoofingGroundworks
8 Lincoln Street, London, SW3 2TS
Air conditioning plant installation with acoustic enclosures, Kensington and Chelsea, full stage. Two condenser units in a rear basement lightwell, with refrigerant pipework and internal fan coil units, at full stage. Refrigerant pipework, acoustic screening and M&E commissioning packages suit…
M&EFit-out
Flat D, 11 Cornwall Gardens, London, SW7 4AL
Listed flat internal refurbishment, Kensington, part-retrospective consent. Listed building consent for internal works to a first-floor flat on Cornwall Gardens, with some work already completed. Joinery, fit-out and M&E replacement in a prime listed property suit specialist subcontractors working…
Fit-outJoineryM&E
Flat 1, 25 Cliveden Place, London, SW1W 8HD
Listed flat interior refit, Kensington and Chelsea, listed building consent stage. Internal alterations to a Cliveden Place flat: new spine-wall opening, bathroom refurbishment, replacement doors and hardwood flooring throughout. Steel lintelling, bathroom drainage and hardwood flooring supply are…
SteelBrickworkJoinery
Park Walk Primary School, Park Walk, London, SW10 0AY
Listed school swimming pool building window and door replacement, Kensington and Chelsea. Replaces timber windows, rooflights and external doors with uPVC and composite units, plus structural repairs, under listed building consent. Glazing, composite joinery and structural repair subcontractors are…
GlazingJoineryStructural repair
Flat 4, 83 Holland Park, London, W11 3RZ
Rear roof, solar and glazing works at a Holland Park flat. Replaces the rear flat roof with added insulation, adds solar panels and slimline double glazing at full stage. Roofing, insulation, glazing and solar installers can bid on these packages.
Roof repairInsulationRenewables
2 Colbeck Mews, London, SW7 4LX
Mews house roof terrace conversion, Kensington and Chelsea, full application. Replaces a glass roof with a glass-floored terrace, adds three rooflights and enlarges a window for glass doors. Structural steel, glazing and terrace waterproofing packages suit specialist subcontractors, with railings…
SteelGlazingRoofing
Flat A, 122 Finborough Road, London, SW10 9AQ
Flat rear infill extension, Kensington and Chelsea, full permission. Demolishes a rear WC and builds an infill kitchen and en-suite extension for a Finborough Road flat, reworking steps and a retaining wall. Groundworks for the retaining wall, brickwork and en-suite drainage suit local…
DemolitionGroundworksBrickwork
Park Walk Primary School, Park Walk, London, SW10 0AY
School swimming pool building refurbishment, Kensington, full application. Replaces timber windows, rooflights and external doors with uPVC and composite units, plus structural repairs at Park Walk Primary School. Glazing, joinery and structural repair subcontractors can target the packages, with…
GlazingJoineryStructural repair
Planning appeals in Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea
An allowed appeal is one the council lost. Some kinds of appeal succeed far more often than others, so Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea is compared with the national rate for its own mix.
Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea, raw rate
37.4%
of judged appeals were allowed
Expected for this mix of appeals
28.7%
national rates applied to this caseload
8.7 percentage points above expected. Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea's decisions are overturned more often than the national record predicts.
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.
By kind of appeal
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Planning Appeal | 37.8% | 28.8% | 616 | 601 | 227 |
| Householder (HAS) | 42.3% | 35.6% | 240 | 234 | 99 |
| Listed Building Consent & Conservation Area Consent Appeal | 39.8% | 25% | 142 | 133 | 53 |
| Enforcement Notice | 18.3% | 13.5% | 125 | 104 | 19 |
| Commercial Appeal Service (CAS) | 36.4% | 33.3% | 55 | 55 | 20 |
| Lawful Development Certificate | 37.9% | 36.9% | 29 | 29 | 11 |
| Advertisement Appeal | 70.6% | 36% | 17 | 17 | 12 |
| Appeal against Enforcement Listed Building Notice/Enforcement Conservation Area Notice | 42.9% | 8.1% | 10 | 7 | 3 |
6 more appeal types with fewer than 5 judged
| Appeal type | This council | National | Cases | Judged | Allowed |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Advert Discontinuance | Too few judged | 19.1% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Commercial Appeals Service (Adverts) | Too few judged | 27.6% | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Tree Preservation Order | Too few judged | 20.6% | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Commercial Appeals Service (Planning) | Too few judged | 0% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Community Infrastructure Levy Appeal | Too few judged | 25.2% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Tree Replacement Notice | Too few judged | 31.9% | 1 | 1 | 0 |
How we calculate this
Judged means allowed or dismissed. Withdrawn, invalid, split and unrecorded appeals are counted but never treated as appeals the council won. Expected applies the national rate for each appeal type to this council's own caseload. National rates by type are in The State of UK Planning.
Source: the Planning Inspectorate's Casework Database on GOV.UK, not the council's own planning register. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Royal Borough of Kensington & Chelsea approval rates by application type
Share of decided applications approved in the last 12 months.
- householder94% (1610 decided)
- other95% (1257 decided)
- commercial94% (163 decided)
- institutional98% (97 decided)
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