Copthorne Tara Hotel, Scarsdale Place, London, W8 5SR

1. 5 Apr 2022

   Received by Kensington and Chelsea

2. 19 Aug 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

3. Decision

   Awaiting decision

   Decision expected by 31 May 2022, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

   Kensington and Chelsea took a median of 84 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

This application is with Kensington and Chelsea for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Kensington and Chelsea's median decision took 84 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

Telecoms applications cover masts, antennas and cabinets, usually as prior approval cases where the council considers siting and appearance only. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Carriage Lodge, 12 Earl's Court Road, London, W8 6HB

  SNN/25/04823 Submitted 12 Aug 2025 8m away

  Verification Order required to confirm the numbering and description of the newly developed flats, with a share of the communal access and post point fronting Earl's Court Road, following the construction of two additional storeys to mixed-use block to provide five self-contained dwellings, linked to Planning application SNN/24/06393, as follows:Flat 13 (Fourth Floor), Carriage Lodge, 12 Earl's Court Road, London, W8 6HBFlat 14 (Fourth Floor), Carriage Lodge, 12 Earl's Court Road, London, W8 6HBFlat 15 (Fifth Floor), Carriage Lodge, 12 Earl's Court Road, London, W8 6HBFlat 16 (Fifth Floor), Carriage Lodge, 12 Earl's Court Road, London, W8 6HBFlat 17 (Fifth Floor), Carriage Lodge, 12 Earl's Court Road, London, W8 6HB

  Decided New dwelling

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

  CON/25/06158 Submitted 10 Oct 2025 25m away

  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))

  Granted Conditions Extension Demolition 6 docs

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

  CON/25/06426 Submitted 28 Oct 2025 25m away

  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))

  Granted Conditions Extension Demolition 8 docs

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

  CON/25/05130 Submitted 21 Aug 2025 27m away

  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))

  Granted Conditions Extension Demolition 17 docs

• 32-34 Earl's Court Road, London, W8 6EJ and 1-4 Pembroke Place, London, W8 6ET

  CON/25/04697 Submitted 30 Jul 2025 51m away

  Details required by condition 6 (Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP)) of planning permission 23/03346 (Partial demolition of two storey building and redevelopment to form a part-four storey building, part-two storey building with new fa?ade and mansard roof, to provide retained retail unit, 4no residential units, and extension at basement level to accommodate communal core and storage)

  Granted Conditions Extension Loft or dormer +1 8 docs

• 32-34 Earl's Court Road, London, W8 6EJ and 1-4 Pembroke Place, London, W8 6ET

  CON/25/05623 Submitted 15 Sep 2025 51m away

  Details required by condition 12 (contamination - site investigation and quantitative risk assessment and remediation strategy) of planning permission 23/03346 (Partial demolition of two storey building and redevelopment to form a part-four storey building, part-two storey building with new fa?ade and mansard roof, to provide retained retail unit, 4no residential units, and extension at basement level to accommodate communal core and storage)

  Granted Conditions Extension Loft or dormer +1 17 docs

• PA/26/02414 Refused

  Pembroke Court, South Edwardes Square, London, W8 6HN

  Prior approval for the installation of 3no. antennas attached to 3no. 3 metre wall mounted support poles (antennas positioned at 17.80 metres AGL, overall height 20 metres AGL); two 300mm dishes on two of the antenna poles at 17.3 metres AGL; one equipment cabinet and associated ancillary equipment at roof level

  30 Apr 2026 Telecoms
• PA/25/06912 Granted

  Sloane Avenue Mansions, Sloane Avenue, London, SW3 3JF

  Prior approval for the replacement Airwave Solutions Emergency Services Radio Base Station consisting of the installation of assorted steelwork to support the installation of 3 no. antennas and 2 no. transmission dishes, the installation of an equipment cabin and development ancillary thereto

  20 Nov 2025 Telecoms
• NOT/26/01650 Awaiting decision

  Uk Sanda Ltd, Kings Road, London, SW3 4TZ

  Installation of 1 x External Drill Holes and 20m internal cable, 5m Pigtails to NTE in Uk Sanda Ltd, Kings Road

  1 Apr 2026 Telecoms
• NOT/26/01666 Awaiting decision

  Sheraton Belgravia, 20 Chesham Place, London, SW1X 8HQ

  Replacement of 3no. antennas. Development ancillary and associated steelworks

  27 Mar 2026 Telecoms
• NOT/25/04940 Awaiting decision

  Chelsea House, 24 Lowndes Street, London, SW1X 9JE

  The installation of assorted steelwork to accommodate 6no. antenna apertures and 4no. 600mm diameter transmission dishes along with 4no. equipment cabinets at roof level.

  18 Aug 2025 Telecoms