Lever House 3 St James Road Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2BA

This site has had 5 applications since 2025: 1 approved, 0 refused.

• 26/01718/NMA Granted

  Lever House 3 St James Road Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2BA

  Application for a Non-Material Amendment to Planning Permission ref: 20/02499/OUT (Outline planning application for the demolition of Lever House and the erection of a Residential (C3) building not exceeding 16 storeys comprising of a maximum of 115 units, along with a ground floor cafe/retail pod (Use Class - E (c)) with all matters reserved except for access, layout and scale. This application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement. This application is Phase 2 of a 2 stage development - Phase 1 is covered by application reference 20/02495/FUL. Additional Reconsultation Information: Provision of 20 Social rented units (17.4%) and 16 shared ownership units (13.9%) representing 35.2% of the residential units by habitable room; Public footpath to north of Hogsmill realigned, provision of additional childrens play space. Other matters contained within the planning application have not changed.). Amendment to the wording of Condition 3 to alter the trigger point as to when the Design Code is required to be submitted.

  Decided 2 Sep 2026 Amendments
• 26/01505/FUL Awaiting decision

  Lever House 3 St James Road Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2BA

  Demolition of existing Lever House building and the construction of two buildings up to 18 storeys in height to accommodate co-living (Sui Generis) accommodation, co-working floorspace and ancillary cafe, and affordable housing (Use Class C3), associated internal and external amenity space, public realm, play space, hard and soft landscaping, cycle parking and other associated works.

  Submitted 8 Jul 2026 Full applications
• 26/00478/EIASCO Decided

  Lever House 3 St James Road Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2BA

  Request for Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion under Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) for Lever House.

  Decided 29 Apr 2026 Outline
• 25/03333/EIASCO Decided

  Lever House 3 St James Road Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2BA

  Request for Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion under Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) for Lever House

  Decided 3 Feb 2026 Outline

1. 26 Feb 2025

   Received by Kingston upon Thames

2. 26 Mar 2025

   Decision issued: Application Withdrawn

3. 28 Sep 2026

   Added to PlanIndex

The applicant withdrew this application before Kingston upon Thames decided it, and is free to submit a revised scheme at any time. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.

Prior approval applies where permitted development rights already grant the principle of the work, leaving the council only the specific matters the rules name, commonly within 56 days. More in our guide to planning application types.

• Surrey House, 34 Eden Street NCP Car Park, St James Road Former Hippodrome, Eden Street And Bo Concept, The Roundhouse 20 Eden Street Kingston Upon Thames KT1 1ER

  24/01313/CLC Submitted 23 May 2024 50 yards away

  Details required for Condition 18 (Highways Works Details) of planning permission 22/02905/FUL (Application under S73 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 to carry out development without compliance with condition 1 (Approved plans) of planning permission ref: 20/02495/FUL (Full planning application for the demolition of Surrey House, Multi Storey Car Park, Hippodrome and Bo Concept and the erection of 2(two) Office buildings [Use Class - E(g)(i)] Building A and Building B: Building A 9 storeys (22,144 (GEA) sqms) Building B 11 storeys (11,587 (GEA) sqms). The erection of a replacement multi storey car park of 354 spaces plus cycle parking (for use as a public car park at weekends) landscaping, public realm upgrades, servicing, pedestrian and vehicular access. This application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement) dated 02/12/2021. Variation to consist of revisions to the Car Park (Building C) This application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement.)

  Granted Conditions Demolition 17 docs

• Lever House 3 St James Road Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2BA

  26/01718/NMA Submitted 5 Aug 2026 50 yards away

  Application for a Non-Material Amendment to Planning Permission ref: 20/02499/OUT (Outline planning application for the demolition of Lever House and the erection of a Residential (C3) building not exceeding 16 storeys comprising of a maximum of 115 units, along with a ground floor cafe/retail pod (Use Class - E (c)) with all matters reserved except for access, layout and scale. This application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement. This application is Phase 2 of a 2 stage development - Phase 1 is covered by application reference 20/02495/FUL. Additional Reconsultation Information: Provision of 20 Social rented units (17.4%) and 16 shared ownership units (13.9%) representing 35.2% of the residential units by habitable room; Public footpath to north of Hogsmill realigned, provision of additional childrens play space. Other matters contained within the planning application have not changed.). Amendment to the wording of Condition 3 to alter the trigger point as to when the Design Code is required to be submitted.

  Granted Amendments Demolition
  Major scheme

• Lever House 3 St James Road Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2BA

  26/01505/FUL Submitted 8 Jul 2026 50 yards away

  70% historically approved · decision due ~28 Sep

  Demolition of existing Lever House building and the construction of two buildings up to 18 storeys in height to accommodate co-living (Sui Generis) accommodation, co-working floorspace and ancillary cafe, and affordable housing (Use Class C3), associated internal and external amenity space, public realm, play space, hard and soft landscaping, cycle parking and other associated works.

  Awaiting decision Full applications Demolition 150 docs

• Lever House 3 St James Road Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2BA

  26/00478/EIASCO Submitted 5 Mar 2026 50 yards away

  Request for Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion under Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) for Lever House.

  Decided Outline 5 docs

• Lever House 3 St James Road Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2BA

  25/03333/EIASCO Submitted 22 Dec 2025 50 yards away

  Request for Environmental Impact Assessment Scoping Opinion under Regulation 15 of the Town and Country Planning (Environmental Impact Assessment) for Lever House

  Decided Outline 5 docs

• Surrey House, 34 Eden Street NCP Car Park, St James Road Former Hippodrome, Eden Street And Bo Concept, The Roundhouse 20 Eden Street Kingston Upon Thames KT1 1ER

  22/00292/CLC Submitted 1 Feb 2022 50 yards away

  Details required for Condition 53 (Water re-use/harvesting) of planning permission 20/02495/FUL (Full planning application for the demolition of Surrey House, Multi Storey Car Park, Hippodrome and Bo Concept and the erection of 2 (two) Office buildings [Use Class - E(g)(i)] Building A and Building B: Building A 9 storeys (22,144 (GEA) sqms) Building B 11 storeys (11,587 (GEA) sqms). The erection of a replacement multi storey car park of 354 spaces plus cycle parking (for use as a public car park at weekends) landscaping, public realm upgrades, servicing, pedestrian and vehicular access. This application is accompanied by an Environmental Statement. This application is Phase 1 of a 2 stage development - Phase 2 is covered by application reference 20/02499/OUT. Additional Reconsultation Information: All footpaths around the island site repaved, Eden Street, Brook Street and St James Road repaving and landscaping works, provision of limited access to private car park roof top gardens; Contributions to Kingston Workmatch Job Brokerage service, the delivery of flexible, affordable workspace and the implementation of an Employment and Skills Plan. Other matters contained within the planning application have not changed)

  Granted Conditions Demolition 2 docs

• 26/00323/PAD Granted

  Warren Park Childrens Centre Kingston Hill Kingston Upon Thames KT2 7LX

  Prior Notification under Schedule 2, Part 11 Class B of the Town and Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 (as amended) for proposed demolition of existing buildings

  Received 12 Feb, published by the council 12 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• 25/03102/PASOL Refused

  Tolworth Hospital Red Lion Road Tolworth KT6 7QU

  Installation of PV panels to roof

  Received 2 Dec, published by the council 12 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• 25/03041/PRA Granted

  Jubilee House Davis Road Chessington KT9 1SE

  Prior Notification to demolish Jubilee House

  Received 24 Nov, published by the council 12 Aug 2026 Prior approval
• 25/01218/PASOL Granted

  Bernard Meade Wing Kingston Hospital Galsworthy Road Kingston Upon Thames KT2 7QB

  Prior Approval for installation of PV Cells to Bernard Meade Wing Building at Kingston Hospital.

  Received 2 May, published by the council 11 Oct 2026 Prior approval
• 24/01975/PRA Granted

  17-19 Chamberlain Way Surbiton KT6 6JH

  Prior Notification to demolish two semi-detached two-storey class C3 residential properties

  Received 13 Aug, published by the council 22 Aug 2026 Prior approval