Garden Flat, 40 Holland Park, London, W11 3RP Data via plota.co.uk

PP/25/06717 - Planning Permission Approved
DemolitionExtensions & alterationsSolar & renewablesUtility infrastructure

Proposal

Creation of a basement under footprint of house and part of rear garden to form a new lower ground floor level; Installation of an air source heat pump within the new lower level with ventilation grille over; Replacement of the existing roof; elevational alterations; and rebuilding of the glazed link building. (Amended description) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
11 Nov 2025
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Approved
12 Aug 2026

Approved on 12 Aug 2026 · Last checked 22 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Kensington and Chelsea Planning Applications Committee on 11 Aug 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because heritage benefits would balance the basement’s harm and neighbouring living conditions would remain acceptable with conditions.
  • Residents raised concerns about heritage, privacy, trees, overlooking, construction impacts, noise, pollution and plant vibration.
  • The committee granted planning permission in accordance with the recommendation.
Read how the committee decided The proposed works, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, consultation responses and committee decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Kensington and Chelsea's committee minutes of 11 Aug 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 11

49 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: 40, Holland Park W11, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 49 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.
Show all 49 with distances
Historic England ↗
Holland Park 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 ↗
Article 4 direction
Article 4 - No 100. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Registered park or garden about 82 m away: Holland Park
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
National infrastructure project about 1892 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Inside the Kensington and Chelsea built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 5 (very good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Metropolitan Open Land about 82 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 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, the Planning Inspectorate, Transport for London (public transport access levels, Powered by TfL Open Data, OGL v3.0, contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025) 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 £962,500 in March 2018. Flat or maisonette, leasehold.

23 March 2018£962,500

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

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Important details

Council
Kensington and Chelsea
Application type
Planning Permission
Postcode
W11 3RP
Received
11 Nov 2025
Validated
11 Nov 2025
Ward
Holland
Case officer
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Target decision
6 Jan 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
12 Aug 2026
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 274 days from validation, 173 days slower than Kensington and Chelsea's median of 101 for demolitions. Approved, as 92% of demolitions here are.

19%decided within 8 weeks
92%approved
113decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
24 Apr 2026

Historical activity at this location

27 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Creation of a basement under footprint of house and part of rear garden to form a new low…
LB/25/06718
2019 Approved
Prune 1 x Magnolia (rear)
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Within ~100m

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2025 Approved
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Change of roof finish from an asphalt roof to a GreenCoat, metal standing seam roof
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2025 Approved
2 Holland Park Mews, London, W11 3SU
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Flats 10 and 11, 38 Holland Park, London, W11 3RP
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Flat 3, 69 Holland Park, London, W11 3SL
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Stripping existing landscaping in order to provide new surface treatment; proposed landsc…
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Stripping existing landscaping in order to provide new surface treatment; proposed landsc…
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Flat D, 44 Holland Park, London, W11 3RP
Internal layout alterations, replacement of kitchen and bathrooms and modern internal flo…
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Installation of gate to front boundary; installation of canopy to main entrance.
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Installation of gate to front boundary; installation of canopy to main entrance.
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Excavation and provision of basement extension beneath part of rear garden alongside the…
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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.

Freehold owner: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.