Planning application
CL/25/05320
25 Courtfield Gardens, London, SW5 0PG
Proposal
Reconfiguration of internal layout of hotel to increase the number of apartments by six; use of The Resident Hotel as a 71 serviced apartments (Class C1 use). (Certificate of Lawful Proposed Use/Development)
As published by the council, reference CL/25/05320
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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8 Sep 2025
Received by Kensington and Chelsea
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3 Nov 2025
Decision issued: Grant Planning Permission/Consent
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20 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
What a grant of permission means
The process from here
Permission has been granted, usually subject to conditions listed on the decision notice, some of which must be discharged before work starts. The decision notice on the council portal sets out exactly what was approved.
Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses. Neighbours cannot appeal a grant; challenging one means judicial review of how the decision was made, within tight time limits.
About lawful development applications
How this application type works
A lawful development certificate is a legal determination, not a planning judgement. It asks the council to confirm either that existing use or works are lawful, often through the passage of time, or that a proposal would not need planning permission at all. The applicant must prove the facts; the merits of the scheme are not considered.
Nearby applications
Within 500 metres
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CON/25/04746 Granted
2 Barkston Gardens, London, SW5 0EN
Details required by conditions 9 (Provide cycle storage prior to occupation) and 17 (Refuse and recycling) of planning permission 22/02145 (Refurbishment, alterations and extension of existing hotel including mansard roof extension, ground floor infill extension and replacement rear extension, lower ground floor extension and new basement extension together with lightwells and sunken garden, tree protection measures and tree replacement proposal).
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NMA/24/06892 Decided
19 Courtfield Gardens, London, SW5 0PD
Non-material amendment to planning permission PP/23/03356 to increase height of external service riser. Updates to internal layout plans, lift shaft position and rooftop plant arrangement. Relocation of cycle store to courtyard.
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PP/25/06758 Granted
Flat 2, 17 Courtfield Gardens, London, SW5 0PD
Replacement of existing rear elevation window with a slightly enlarged timber-framed inward-opening casement window within the existing opening, with slim metal balustrades set within the reveals.
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SNN/25/05916 Decided
14 Earl's Court Gardens, London, SW5 0SZ
Verification Order required to confirm the numbering and description of the residential units, following redevelopment of the property including the reconfiguration of flat layouts, with a communal access and post point fronting Earl's Court Gardens, linked to Planning application PP/23/04080, as follows:14A Earl's Court Gardens Flat A (Lower Ground and Ground Floor)14B Earl's Court Gardens Flat B (First and Second Floor)The following addresses to be deleted - Basement Flat, 14 Earl's Court Gardens, LONDON, SW5 0SZ Ground Floor Flat, 14 Earl's Court Gardens, LONDON, SW5 0SZFirst Floor Flat, 14 Earl's Court Gardens, LONDON, SW5 0SZSecond Floor Flat, 14 Earl's Court Gardens, LONDON, SW5 0SZ
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PP/24/05429 Granted
Hotel, 2 Barkston Gardens, London, SW5 0EN
Installation of air conditioning system, including chiller units to roof
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CON/26/01103 Granted
14 Barkston Gardens, London, SW5 0EN
Details required by Condition 9 (submission of details - a) materials to be used on the external faces of the building(s)) of planning permission PP/23/04589 (Construction of a mansard roof extension, creation of roof terrace above existing closet wing, lower ground floor extension, creation of rear lightwells, raising height of existing rear ground floor extension, alterations to fenestration, provision of cycle and refuse storage, all in connection with the change of use of building from hotel (use class C1) to 5 residential flats (use class C3).)
Other lawful development applications
In Kensington and Chelsea
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CL/26/01267 Granted
1 Bray Place, London, SW3 3LL
Confirmation that the existing structure at no. 27 Coulson Street / 1 Bray Place was built in the early 1970s as a single development over three floors (basement to first floor) after the demolition of a previous infill building in 1971 (Certificate of Lawful Existing Use)
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CL/26/02700 Granted
27 Lansdowne Road, London, W11 3AG
Provision of lead flashing to parapet/cornice lines and painting of windows and existing painted areas of the building in soft white (Certificate of Proposed Use/Development).
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CL/26/02515 Granted
Flats A and C, 61 Holland Park, London, W11 3SJ
Reconfiguration of the accommodation at Flat A and Flat C to create one four-bed dwelling and one one-bed dwelling (Certificate of Lawful Proposed Development / Use)
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CL/26/03998 Awaiting decision
87 Addison Road, London, W14 8ED
Confirmation that the existing A/C Units & Screening to the north and south sides on the flat roofs at ground and first floor levels are lawful (Certificate of Lawful Existing Use/Development)
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CL/26/04000 Awaiting decision
191 Freston Road, London, W10 6TH
Confirmation that the use of the property as Class F1(a) (Education) is lawful (Certificate of Lawful Existing Use/Development)