Planning application
Middle Mill Halls Of Residence Portland Road Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2SJ
Works: Demolition
Refused. Only the applicant can appeal, within the statutory time limit, and a revised scheme can be submitted instead.
Proposal
Demolition of existing student residential blocks at Middle Mill (Block A and Blocks G-L), and erection of a new 5-storey purpose-built teaching building (Use Class F1) for Kingston University with ground floor cafe and gallery space, associated access, blue-badge parking, landscaping and ancillary development.
As published by the council, reference 25/02541/FUL
Application record
- Reference
- 25/02541/FUL
- Type
- Full Application
- Status
- Refused
- Decision
- Refuse
- Received
- 29 Sep 2025
- Validated
- 24 Oct 2025
- Decided
- 22 Jul 2026
- Ward
- Kingston Town
- Parish
- Kingston And North Kingston
- Decision by
- Committee Decision
- Postcode
- KT1 2SJ
Site history
Applications at this address on the Kingston upon Thames register
This site has had 2 applications since 2025: 0 approved, 1 refused.
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26/00760/FUL Decided
Middle Mill Halls Of Residence Portland Road Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2SJ
Replacement of timber casement windows, soffits and fascias with double-glazed PVC-u windows, and PVC-u soffits and fascias to Blocks B, C, D and F.
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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29 Sep 2025
Received by Kingston upon Thames
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24 Oct 2025
Validated
Checked as complete and ready for consideration.
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22 Jul 2026
Decision issued: Refuse
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26 Jul 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
52 documents on file for this application
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