61 King's Road, London, SW3 4NT Data via plota.co.uk

Refused PP/26/00279
Extensions & alterations
Council
Kensington and Chelsea 5.1/10
Date received
28 Jan 2026
Date validated
28 Jan 2026
Decision date
29 May 2026
Postcode
SW3 4NT

Description

Installation of traditional 'Greenwich' style retractable canopies to the ground floor front and side elevations. Data via plota.co.uk

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How this decision compares

Decided in 121 days from validation, 38 days slower than Kensington and Chelsea's median of 83 for extensions. Refused, as 4% of extensions here are.

33%decided within 8 weeks
96%approved
1,421decided in the last year

Plota live figures for extensions decided by Kensington and Chelsea in the last twelve months, from validation. Kensington and Chelsea decision record →

Planning committee

Decided by Kensington and Chelsea Planning Applications Committee on 26 May 2026.

Refused unanimously

Against officer advice: officers had recommended approval.

  • Officers advised approval because the traditional canopies would preserve the conservation area, listed building and neighbouring living conditions.
  • Fourteen objections raised concerns about Wellington Square’s character, appearance, visibility, pedestrian movement, noise and other effects.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site, officer assessment, objections, committee decision and reasons for refusal.

Source: Plota analysis of Kensington and Chelsea's committee minutes of 26 May 2026.

Site constraints 9

16 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 61-65, King's Road Sw3, Grade II, about 0 m from the postcode pin · 16 Grade II
The site itself is not listed. Listed building consent is needed for work that affects the special interest of a listed building, inside or out, on top of planning permission. Setting can be a consideration for buildings nearby; there is no fixed radius.
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Historic England ↗
Royal Hospital conservation area
Demolition needs planning permission and permitted development is restricted.
The council must give weight to preserving or enhancing the area's character and appearance. Not every council has published its boundaries as open data.
Council document ↗
2 Article 4 directions
Article 4 - No 100 · Article 4 - No 66. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.
An Article 4 direction withdraws particular permitted development rights, so work that would normally need no application needs one here. Not every council has published its directions.
Tree preservation order
Consent is needed before work on protected trees.
Not every council has published its orders as open data, so no order shown is not proof there is none.
Air quality management area: Kensington and Chelsea AQMA
The council has declared the area as failing an air quality objective.
Schemes that add traffic, parking or combustion plant are assessed against the area's action plan and may need an air quality assessment.
Council record ↗
Town centre: King's Road (east)
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
Registered park or garden about 61 m away: ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA and RANELAGH GARDENS
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Kensington and Chelsea built-up area; Designated open space about 16 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. The pin for this application is the centre of its postcode rather than the building, so distances to nearby designations are measured from the postcode and can be out by the width of the postcode area. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England and council datasets, Open Government Licence. A boundary can run through a site and the council holds the definitive record: confirm with the council before relying on this.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £3,350,000 in November 2020. Other property, freehold.

24 November 2020£3,350,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Kensington and Chelsea
Planning Authority Score
5.1/10
Average
#144 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Kensington and Chelsea ranks #174 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Householder applications are slightly more likely to be approved here (94%) than the national average (90%).

These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Kensington and Chelsea decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the nine months to December 2025
93%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #58 of 296
94%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #110 of 296
61%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #174 of 296
40%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #152 of 296
94%
Minor dwellings approved
455 decided (1-9 homes)
87%
Change of use approved
53 decided
1,839
Total decisions
135 refused in the nine months to December 2025
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.