Public Library, Chelsea Old Town Hall, 165-181 King's Road, London, SW3 5EZ Data via plota.co.uk

LB/25/03190 - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Changes to the internal configuration of the male, female and accessible toilets to make the accessible toilet conform to best practice and accessibility standards. The proposed works are confined to non-original, internal elements and do not affect any significant historic fabric. Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 23 Oct 2026, 03:05

Application progress

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Received

15 Oct 2025

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Approved

21 Apr 2026

Approved on 21 Apr 2026 · Last checked 23 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Kensington and Chelsea Planning Applications Committee on 16 Apr 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the works would preserve the listed building’s special architectural and historic interest.
No letters were received supporting or objecting to the application, and there were no speakers.
The committee unanimously granted listed building consent with the recommended conditions.

Read how the committee decided The proposed works, the heritage assessment, consultation, committee vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Kensington and Chelsea's committee minutes of 16 Apr 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 10

11 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Chelsea Town Hall, Grade II, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 1 Grade II*, 10 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 11 with distances

0 mChelsea Town HallGrade II
12 mPublic BathsGrade II
28 mOld Vestry Hall (Part of Chelsea Town Hall)Grade II*
34 mNatWest BankGrade II
89 m195-197, Kings RoadGrade II
97 mViolet Melchett CentreGrade II
106 m1-31, Margaretta Terrace Sw3Grade II
111 mFormer Temperance Billiard HallGrade II
114 mFormer Motorcar GarageGrade II
119 m1-11, Oakley Street Sw3Grade II
121 m205-209, Kings RoadGrade II

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 ↗

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 ↗

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.

National infrastructure project about 384 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel

The site is about 384 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, about 857 m).

Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.

Planning Inspectorate project page ↗

Also on the record

Registered park or garden about 177 m away: St Luke's Garden; Inside the Kensington and Chelsea built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6a (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.

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.

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Important details

Council: Kensington and Chelsea
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Postcode: SW3 5EZ
Received: 15 Oct 2025
Validated: 15 Oct 2025
Ward: Royal Hospital
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 10 Dec 2025
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 21 Apr 2026
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 188 days from validation, 105 days slower than Kensington and Chelsea's median of 83 for extensions. Approved, as 95% of extensions here are.

This one188d

Council83d

UK55d

33%decided within 8 weeks

95%approved

1,441decided 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 →

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 14 Nov 2025

Historical activity at this location

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

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