257-265 Kensington High Street, and 4-10 and 24 Earl's Court Road, London, W8

This site has had 7 applications since 2022: 4 approved, 0 refused.

• CON/25/06426 Granted

  257-265 Kensington High Street, and 4-10 and 24 Earl's Court Road, London, W8

  Details required by Condition 34 (Compliance with Energy Strategy for Blocks 2 and 3 only) of planning permission PP/22/07748 (Variation of condition 1 (Approved drawings), 15 (Telecommunication equipment), 24 (Provision of parking) and 26 (Electric Vehicle Charging Points) of planning permission PP/19/05105 ((**Amended description**) Variation of condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permission PP/14/07276 allowed under appeal ref. APP/K5600/W/15/3010472 (Demolition of the former Post Office delivery office, Whitlock House office building and the cinema building with retention of the cinema fa?ade to Kensington High Street, and construction of a basement and buildings to provide cinema facilities, 63 residential units (including affordable housing units) and associated residential facilities, retail/class D1 and office accommodation, car parking spaces, cycle parking, plant, hard and soft landscaping, public realm improvements and associated works) to allow for :a redesigned single cinema facility providing circa 887 seats (including 12 wheelchair accessible seats) with six screens accessed from Kensington High Street;flexible retail space (Use Class A1/A2/A3/A4/D1 and D2) in place of a residential entrance at ground floor behind the retained cinema facade and on Earls Court Road;106 residential units, including 35 on-site affordable units for elderly people;office space (Use Class B1) accessed from Kensington High Street;car parking within an automated 'stacker' system;design revisions to internal layouts and facades;changes and minor increases to massing of the buildings; andassociated changes to plant, hard and soft landscaping and related works.Summary of changes:Total number of units increased from 98 to 106 with an increase of affordable housing units from 30 to 35;Additional floors added to Block 2/3 (fronting Kensington High Street and Earl's Court Road), and Block 4 (fronting Earl's Court Road/Pembroke Place);Internal reconfiguration of layouts in Block 4) To allow for: Incorporation of new entrance canopy/port-cochere (Block 1); Enlarging roof terrace facing Kensington High Street by setting massing of building further back from the street (Block 2 level 5);Addition of 3 balconies within the internal courtyard (Block 2); Infill massing at level 6 (Block 2/3); Creation of additional office space at basement level below reinstated fa?ade; Excluding the satellite dishes on the roof that are indicated on the drawings from the prohibition in current condition 15; andAmendment to the wording of conditions 24 and 26. (Major Application)(Amended description))

  Decided 11 Mar 2026 Conditions
• CON/25/06158 Granted

  257-265 Kensington High Street, and 4-10 and 24 Earl's Court Road, London, W8

  Details required by Condition 3 (Block 1 - Sample Panel); Condition 5 (Block 2 - Sample Panel); and Condition 8 (Block 3 - Sample Panel) of planning permission PP/22/07748 (Variation of condition 1 (Approved drawings), 15 (Telecommunication equipment), 24 (Provision of parking) and 26 (Electric Vehicle Charging Points) of planning permission PP/19/05105 ((**Amended description**) Variation of condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permission PP/14/07276 allowed under appeal ref. APP/K5600/W/15/3010472 (Demolition of the former Post Office delivery office, Whitlock House office building and the cinema building with retention of the cinema fa?ade to Kensington High Street, and construction of a basement and buildings to provide cinema facilities, 63 residential units (including affordable housing units) and associated residential facilities, retail/class D1 and office accommodation, car parking spaces, cycle parking, plant, hard and soft landscaping, public realm improvements and associated works) to allow for :a redesigned single cinema facility providing circa 887 seats (including 12 wheelchair accessible seats) with six screens accessed from Kensington High Street;flexible retail space (Use Class A1/A2/A3/A4/D1 and D2) in place of a residential entrance at ground floor behind the retained cinema facade and on Earls Court Road;106 residential units, including 35 on-site affordable units for elderly people;office space (Use Class B1) accessed from Kensington High Street;car parking within an automated 'stacker' system;design revisions to internal layouts and facades;changes and minor increases to massing of the buildings; andassociated changes to plant, hard and soft landscaping and related works.Summary of changes:Total number of units increased from 98 to 106 with an increase of affordable housing units from 30 to 35;Additional floors added to Block 2/3 (fronting Kensington High Street and Earl's Court Road), and Block 4 (fronting Earl's Court Road/Pembroke Place);Internal reconfiguration of layouts in Block 4) To allow for: Incorporation of new entrance canopy/port-cochere (Block 1); Enlarging roof terrace facing Kensington High Street by setting massing of building further back from the street (Block 2 level 5);Addition of 3 balconies within the internal courtyard (Block 2); Infill massing at level 6 (Block 2/3); Creation of additional office space at basement level below reinstated fa?ade; Excluding the satellite dishes on the roof that are indicated on the drawings from the prohibition in current condition 15; andAmendment to the wording of conditions 24 and 26. (Major Application)(Amended description))

  Decided 11 Mar 2026 Conditions
• CON/25/05130 Granted

  257-265 Kensington High Street, and 4-10 and 24 Earl's Court Road, London, W8

  Details required by condition 7c (Block 3 - Details - residential entrance) and 7e (Block 3 - Details - external lighting, including locations, lux levels, timings and fittings) of planning permission PP/22/07748 granted permission for 'Variation of condition 1 (Approved drawings), 15 (Telecommunication equipment), 24 (Provision of parking) and 26 (Electric Vehicle Charging Points) of planning permission PP/19/05105 ((**Amended description**) Variation of condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permission PP/14/07276 allowed under appeal ref. APP/K5600/W/15/3010472 (Demolition of the former Post Office delivery office, Whitlock House office building and the cinema building with retention of the cinema fa?ade to Kensington High Street, and construction of a basement and buildings to provide cinema facilities, 63 residential units (including affordable housing units) and associated residential facilities, retail/class D1 and office accommodation, car parking spaces, cycle parking, plant, hard and soft landscaping, public realm improvements and associated works) to allow for :a redesigned single cinema facility providing circa 887 seats (including 12 wheelchair accessible seats) with six screens accessed from Kensington High Street;flexible retail space (Use Class A1/A2/A3/A4/D1 and D2) in place of a residential entrance at ground floor behind the retained cinema facade and on Earls Court Road;106 residential units, including 35 on-site affordable units for elderly people;office space (Use Class B1) accessed from Kensington High Street;car parking within an automated 'stacker' system;design revisions to internal layouts and facades;changes and minor increases to massing of the buildings; andassociated changes to plant, hard and soft landscaping and related works.Summary of changes:Total number of units increased from 98 to 106 with an increase of affordable housing units from 30 to 35;Additional floors added to Block 2/3 (fronting Kensington High Street and Earl's Court Road), and Block 4 (fronting Earl's Court Road/Pembroke Place);Internal reconfiguration of layouts in Block 4) To allow for: Incorporation of new entrance canopy/port-cochere (Block 1); Enlarging roof terrace facing Kensington High Street by setting massing of building further back from the street (Block 2 level 5);Addition of 3 balconies within the internal courtyard (Block 2); Infill massing at level 6 (Block 2/3); Creation of additional office space at basement level below reinstated fa?ade; Excluding the satellite dishes on the roof that are indicated on the drawings from the prohibition in current condition 15; andAmendment to the wording of conditions 24 and 26. (Major Application)(Amended description))

  Decided 11 Mar 2026 Conditions
• NMA/23/06195 Decided

  257-265 Kensington High Street, and 4-10 and 24 Earl's Court Road, London, W8

  Non-material amendment to planning permission PP/22/07748 (Variation of condition 1 (Approved drawings), 15 (Telecommunication equipment), 24 (Provision of parking) and 26 (Electric Vehicle Charging Points) of planning permission PP/19/05105 ((Amended description) Variation of condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permission PP/14/07276 allowed under appeal ref. APP/K5600/W/15/3010472 for:Minor internal layout changes; internal apartment entrance relocation; relocation of WUD apartment.

  Decided 20 Nov 2023 Amendments
• NMA/22/03116 Decided

  257-265 Kensington High Street, and 4-10 and 24 Earl's Court Road, London, W8

  Non-material amendment to planning permission 19/05105 ((**Amended description**) Variation of condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permission PP/14/07276 allowed under appeal ref. APP/K5600/W/15/3010472 (Demolition of the former Post Office delivery office, Whitlock House office building and the cinema building with retention of the cinema fa?ade to Kensington High Street, and construction of a basement and buildings to provide cinema facilities, 63 residential units (including affordable housing units) and associated residential facilities, retail/class D1 and office accommodation, car parking spaces, cycle parking, plant, hard and soft landscaping, public realm improvements and associated works) to allow for :a redesigned single cinema facility providing circa 887 seats (including 12 wheelchair accessible seats) with six screens accessed from Kensington High Street;flexible retail space (Use Class A1/A2/A3/A4/D1 and D2) in place of a residential entrance at ground floor behind the retained cinema facade and on Earls Court Road;106 residential units, including 35 on-site affordable units for elderly people;office space (Use Class B1) accessed from Kensington High Street;car parking within an automated 'stacker' system;design revisions to internal layouts and facades;changes and minor increases to massing of the buildings; andassociated changes to plant, hard and soft landscaping and related works.Summary of changes:Total number of units increased from 98 to 106 with an increase of affordable housing units from 30 to 35;Additional floors added to Block 2/3 (fronting Kensington High Street and Earl's Court Road), and Block 4 (fronting Earl's Court Road/Pembroke Place);Internal reconfiguration of layouts in Block 4.)to allow for: an increase in lift car size; the optimisation of services riser; and various minor changes to residential unit layouts and locations (no change in unit numbers; no change to any of the affordable units).

  Decided 1 Jun 2022 Amendments
• NMA/22/02394 Decided

  257-265 Kensington High Street, and 4-10 and 24 Earl's Court Road, London, W8

  Non-material amendment to planning permission 19/05105 to allow variations to the wording of condition 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 20, and 52 relating to providing full details, samples and reports of materials to be submitted and approved in writing by the local authority, before any works above ground can begin

  Decided 23 May 2022 Amendments

1. 28 Oct 2025

   Received by Kensington and Chelsea

2. 11 Mar 2026

   Decision issued: Discharge of Conditions - Grant

3. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Kensington and Chelsea granted permission on 11 March 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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• Royal College Of Art, Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2EU

  OB/25/05992 Submitted 10 Oct 2025 0m away

  This Council is asked for its observations on an application submitted to Westminster City Council for: Roof extension to the Gulbenkian building and reinstatement of main entrance with new glazed opening and associated access ramp; introduction of new link bridge between Darwin and Frayling buildings; minor extension and new external link stair to the Frayling building; reinstatement and refurbishment of the Darwin glasshouse structure and amendments to the entrance on Jay Mews; installation of plant including ASHPs on the roof of Darwin and associated works across the buildings; repair work to building facades and roofs including removal of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) and replacement roofs to the Henry Moore Gallery and Stevens Building; refurbishment of roof terraces including new edge protection where required; other external works including the refurbishment and repair of facades; landscaping works to include extended podium entrance to Darwin Building, seating and planters; and other associated works. (Linked with 25/07148/LBC)

  Granted Extension Windows or glazing 3 docs

• 7 Kensington High Street, London, W8 5NP

  PP/25/06277 Submitted 20 Oct 2025 33m away

  Change of use of the basement and ground floor level from Class E (restaurant/breakfast room) to Class C1 (hotel use), comprising 10 guest rooms, together with associated internal alterations.

  Granted Full applications 22 docs

• Ground Floor, 15 Kensington High Street, London, W8 5NP

  PP/22/06777 Submitted 8 Nov 2022 48m away

  Variation of Condition 3 (Hours of operation - Any day) of planning permission PP/22/05460 to read Hours of operation - any day. The use shall not be carried out other than between 0800 hours and 00:30 hours each day, with the exception of from the end of permitted hours on New Year's Eve to the start of permitted hours on New Year's Day

  Granted Full applications 8 docs

• Ground Floor Rear, 3 Kensington High Street, London, W8 5NP

  PP/26/02828 Submitted 29 May 2026 48m away

  Installation of external air conditioning condenser unit and associated internal equipment to provide climate control for existing commercial premises. No change of use is proposed, and premises will remain in its current commercial use.

  Withdrawn Full applications 15 docs

• Cumberland House, Kensington Road, London, W8 5NX

  SNN/26/01318 Submitted 7 Apr 2026 49m away

  Verification Order required to confirm the renumbering of two units, 1 and 1A Cumberland House, Kensington Road, London, W8 5NX, with a share of the communal access and post point fronting Kensington Road, and linked to Planning application PP/25/02588, as follows:Flat 1F, Cumberland House, Kensington Road, London, W8 5NX (Ground Floor)Flat 1R, Cumberland House, Kensington Road, London, W8 5NX (Ground Floor)The following addresses to be deleted - 1 Cumberland House, Kensington Road, London, W8 5NX1A Cumberland House, Kensington Road, London, W8 5NX

  Decided
  Several homes

• 1R Cumberland House, Kensington Road, London, W8 5NX

  PP/25/02588 Submitted 14 Apr 2025 49m away

  94% historically approved · decision due ~9 Jun

  Change of use from commercial (Use Class E) to two-bedroom residential flat (Use Class C3)

  Awaiting decision Full applications 25 docs

• CON/26/03046 Granted

  15 Launceston Place, London, W8 5RL

  Details required by condition 3 (Submission of details - (a) Elevations and sections depicting form of awning and enclosure, inclusive of means of fixing, and colour and pattern of awning fabric. b) 1:10 elevations and sections of windows demonstrating arrangement, glazing thickness, material, glazing bars, with glazing bars to be integral and true.) of listed building consent 26/01556 (eplacement and enlargement of rear roof dormer and replacement of windows. Removal of front facade drainage downpipe. Installation of surface mounted traditional awnings over rear offshoot 1st floor windows.)

  9 Jun 2026 Conditions
• CON/26/03047 Withdrawn

  2 Sloane Gardens, London, SW1W 8DL

  Details required by condition 3 (Submission of details - (a) details of the waterproofing to the vaults) of listed building consent 25/05745 (Alterations to shopfront including lowering of windows, reinstatement of original entrance doors and fanlight and associated works; internal alterations, including restoration of historic features, removal of non-original partitions, revised ceiling arrangement; and reconfiguration of basement for back-of-house use with retention of historic masonry wall.).

  9 Jun 2026 Conditions
• CON/26/02710 Granted

  21 Holland Villas Road, London, W14 8DH

  DOCUMENTS AND DRAWINGS ARE NOT AVAILABLE ELECTRONICALLY FOR THIS APPLICATION. PLEASE CALL THE CASE OFFICER. Details required by Condition 3b (submission of details) Details of the framing and glazing of the conservatory rooflight at upper ground floor level and the windows and doors to rear lower ground floor level) of planning permission PP/16/01994 (Creation of basement below lower ground floor level; construction of three storey rear extension, single storey side extensions, dormers to top floor and internal alterations)

  19 May 2026 Conditions
• CON/26/03104 Granted

  3 Earls Terrace, London, W8 6LP

  Details required by Condition 3d (York Stone Sample) 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 and rear facades. Removal of lightings systems and recessed speakers.)

  10 Jun 2026 Conditions
• CON/26/03015 Granted

  30-33 Sloane Street, 49 Pavilion Road, 2-4 Hans Crescent and Garages to rear of Marland House, London, SW1X 9NE

  Details required by Condition 16 (Thames Water - works) of planning permission 22/06706 (Partial demolition of 30-33 Sloane Street, retention of fa?ade and erection of a 5-storey building of Class E (commercial, business and service) including installation of shopfronts. Total demolition of no.2 Hans Crescent and erection of replacement building to provide Class E floorspace including a rooftop terrace. Reconfiguration and extension of ground floor of no. 49 Pavillion Road to re-provide Class E floorspace, including service corridor. Provision of substation in basement of no. 4 Hans Crescent. Provision of cycle storage and facilities, waste storage, plant, landscaping, photovoltaic panels, and other ancillary works (Major Application).

  5 Jun 2026 Conditions