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Kensington Gardens Serpentine Road London W2 2UH

Awaiting decision Westminster 26/00173/FULL Full Planning Permission Application

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Proposal

Erection of a new permanent single storey building within the Kensington Gardens store yard to provide accommodation for the Landscape Maintenance (LM) Contractor as well as renovate the existing Park office.

As published by the council, reference 26/00173/FULL

Application record

Reference
26/00173/FULL
Type
Full Planning Permission Application
Status
Pending
Received
13 Jan 2026
Validated
13 Jan 2026
Ward
Lancaster Gate
Postcode
W2 2UH

Site history

Applications at this address on the Westminster register

This site has had 4 applications since 2025: 2 approved, 0 refused.

  • 26/06599/ADFULL Decided

    Kensington Gardens Serpentine Road London W2 2UH

    Details of written and photographic schedules, samples and trial panels of the facing materials you will use, including glazing, and elevations and roof plans annotated to show where the materials are to be located pursuant to condition 4 of planning permission dated 28th May 2026 (RN:26/00173/FULL)

    Submitted 25 Sep 2026
  • 26/00366/CLOPUD Granted

    Kensington Gardens Serpentine Road London W2 2UH

    New staff welfare cabin, altered private access, lot resurfacing, masonry and associated works.

    Decided 11 Mar 2026 Lawful development
  • 25/07353/TCA Granted

    Kensington Gardens Serpentine Road London W2 2UH

    1 x Cornus Sp. (ref: 1), 1 x Acer grisium (ref: 2), 1 x Prunus serrula (ref: 3). 6 x Betula utilis (ref: 4 to 9), Managed mixed hazel coppice (ref: 23A), Unmanaged mixed hazel coppice(ref: 23B): fell

    Decided 19 Nov 2025 Trees

Timeline

Dates from the published record

  1. 13 Jan 2026

    Received by Westminster

  2. 20 Jul 2026

    Added to PlanIndex

  3. Decision

    Awaiting decision

    Decision expected by 10 March 2026, 8 weeks from validation under the statutory target for most applications. Extensions of time are common and are agreed case by case.

    Westminster took a median of 91 days over the applications it decided in the last year.

Cases linked to this one on the register

1 later application on the register refers to this one:

  • 26/06599/ADFULL Decided

    Kensington Gardens Serpentine Road London W2 2UH

    Details of written and photographic schedules, samples and trial panels of the facing materials you will use, including glazing, and elevations and roof plans annotated to show where the materials are to be located pursuant to condition 4 of planning permission dated 28th May 2026 (RN:26/00173/FULL)

    Submitted 25 Sep 2026

Documents

Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report

53 documents on file for this application

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What happens while it is decided

This application is with Westminster for determination, against a statutory target of eight weeks. Over the last year Westminster decided full applications in a median of 119 days. More in our guide to how long planning decisions take.

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