Planning application
Kensington Preparatory School, 596 Fulham Road, London, SW6 5PA
Works: Trees Small domestic
Read from the description, not a valuation. How we read the register
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
Landscaping project at the north east part of the school playground including new children's outdoor play equipment, hard and soft landscaping (retaining existing trees) and forming a small children's external play space in an existing side passage with a new retractable awning over it and a new external door from the school into it, all behind the Kelveden Road boundary wall.
As published by the council, reference 2025/02494/CLP
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/02494/CLP
- Type
- Certificate of Lawfulness Proposed
- Status
- Granted As published: Decided: APPLICATION APPROVED
- Decision
- Granted As published: APPLICATION APPROVED
- Received
- 15 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 18 Sep 2025
- Decided
- 22 Jan 2026
- Ward
- Fulham Town
- Postcode
- SW6 5PA
Site history
Applications at this address on the Hammersmith and Fulham register
This site has had 5 applications since 2018: 3 approved, 0 refused.
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P/2026/01482/VAPO Awaiting decision
Kensington Preparatory School, 596 Fulham Road, London, SW6 5PA
Variation of the Section 106 Agreement attached to planning permission reference: 2004/00576/FUL dated 17th March 2005, to amend the existing restriction on pupil numbers increasing their cap from 300 to 315 pupils within Clause 7 of the S106 Agreement.
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P/2026/01148/TPO Granted
Kensington Preparatory School, 596 Fulham Road, London, SW6 5PA
Pruning of a Maidenhair tree (T1) located at the rear playground area subject to Tree Preservation Order TPO/174/5/91 by the reduction of the crown height by approximately 2 metres to historic topping points, leaving the tree no taller than 16 metres in height; and crown reduction laterally on all sides back to historic pruning points.
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2026/00156/TPO Withdrawn
Kensington Preparatory School, 596 Fulham Road, London, SW6 5PA
Fell to ground level of a Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo tree) (T1) located at the rear playground area subject to Tree Preservation Order TPO/174/5/91.
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2018/00762/FUL Granted
Kensington Preparatory School 596 Fulham Road London SW6 5PA
Alterations to pedestrian and vehicle access to the property fronting Fulham Road, including replacement of existing brick wall with a new wall and railings on the top; installation of a new entrance gate and access ramp; formation of refuse and cycle storage, provision of three car park spaces.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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15 Sep 2025
Received by Hammersmith and Fulham
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18 Sep 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Jan 2026
Decision issued: APPLICATION APPROVED
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9 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
13 documents on file for this application
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Hammersmith and Fulham granted permission on 22 January 2026, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
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Kensington Preparatory School, 596 Fulham Road, London, SW6 5PA
95% historically approved · decision due ~27 Aug
Variation of the Section 106 Agreement attached to planning permission reference: 2004/00576/FUL dated 17th March 2005, to amend the existing restriction on pupil numbers increasing their cap from 300 to 315 pupils within Clause 7 of the S106 Agreement.
Awaiting decision Conditions 1 doc -
Kensington Preparatory School, 596 Fulham Road, London, SW6 5PA
Pruning of a Maidenhair tree (T1) located at the rear playground area subject to Tree Preservation Order TPO/174/5/91 by the reduction of the crown height by approximately 2 metres to historic topping points, leaving the tree no taller than 16 metres in height; and crown reduction laterally on all sides back to historic pruning points.
Granted Trees 5 docs -
Kensington Preparatory School, 596 Fulham Road, London, SW6 5PA
Fell to ground level of a Maidenhair tree (Ginkgo tree) (T1) located at the rear playground area subject to Tree Preservation Order TPO/174/5/91.
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