Royal College Of Art, Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2EU

1. 10 Oct 2025

   Received by Kensington and Chelsea

2. 28 Oct 2025

   Decision issued: Raise No Objection

3. 20 Jul 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

Kensington and Chelsea granted permission on 28 October 2025, 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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• 257-265 Kensington High Street, and 4-10 and 24 Earl's Court Road, London, W8

  CON/25/06424 Submitted 28 Oct 2025 0m away

  Details required by Part 1 of Condition 55 (Privacy screens) 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 11 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