24/7 adult gaming centre at Ground Floor, 153 Earl's Court Road, Kensington, London SW5
Summary of planning committee decision
Decided by Kensington And Chelsea Planning Applications Committee on 21 Oct 2025.
No officer report was published for this decision; this summary is from the committee minutes.
What was proposed
The application sought to remove the operating-hours condition so the adult gaming centre could open continuously.
“Description of Development: Removal of condition 3 (Hours of operation) of planning permission 21/06375, to allow the Adult Gaming Centre (AGC) to operate 24/7.”
Minutes
Further representations
An addendum report included 42 additional representations.
“Emma Barral introduced the report. She referred to the addendum report that included 42 more representations.”
Minutes
Who spoke
A ward councillor and two objectors addressed the committee against the application, while the agent and applicant spoke in support.
The committee vote
The committee unanimously resolved that planning permission should not be granted.
“Resolved unanimously: that planning permission should not be granted.”
Minutes
Why permission was refused
Members found that longer hours alongside existing 24-hour uses would increase night-time activity and noise, harming nearby residents’ living conditions.
“Resolved unanimously on the grounds for refusing planning permission as proposed by Cllr Hargreaves and seconded by Cllr North that the proposed extension of the hours of operation in conjunction with existing 24 hour uses on Earls Court Road would create a harmful cumulative impact due to increased comings and goings throughout the night and increased noise disturbance, harmful to the living conditions of those living nearby, contrary to policies CD9 and GB8 of the Local…”
Minutes
Councillors at the meeting
- Sam MackoverVice-ChairConservative
- Aarien AretiConservative
- Gerard HargreavesConservative
- Lloyd NorthConservative
- Tim VerbovenLib Dem
Proposed by Councillor Gerard Hargreaves, seconded by Councillor Lloyd North.
Source: Plota analysis of the council's minutes; parties from the council's list of councillors.
Sources
- Kensington And Chelsea Planning Applications Committee minutes, 21 October 2025
- Agenda and papers (council website)
Source: Plota analysis of Kensington And Chelsea's committee minutes. Quotations are the council's own words; headings and summaries are Plota's.
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- Council
- Kensington And Chelsea
- Date
- Tuesday 21 October 2025
- Committee decided
- Refused
- Vote
- Unanimous
- Councillors
- 5Conservative 4Lib Dem 1Show councillors
- Minutes
- The council's minutes
- Meeting
- Agenda and papers (council website)
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This committee's year
55 decisions in the 12 months to this meeting, 4 against officer advice.
Source: Plota analysis of the committee's minutes.