Friese Greene House, 196-222 King's Road, London, SW3 5XP Data via plota.co.uk

Approved PP/26/01655

Council

Kensington and Chelsea 5.1/10

Date received

13 Apr 2026

Date validated

13 Apr 2026

Decision date

16 Jun 2026

Postcode

SW3 5XP

Description

Change of use of 6 dwellinghouses (Class C3) in Friese Greene House to 6 Apart Hotel suites (Class C1) and other associated works Data via plota.co.uk

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Last checked 10 Oct 2026, 06:40

How this decision compares

Decided in 64 days from validation, 18 days faster than Kensington and Chelsea's median of 82 for changes of use. Approved, as 83% of changes of use here are.

This one64d

Council82d

UK56d

30%decided within 8 weeks

83%approved

88decided in the last year

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

Licences at this address

Licence Premises licence Premises licence · in force since 25 Jun 2026 · elsewhere in the building Licensed hours: alcohol until 01:30 (Sun 23:30)
Licence Art Play Premises licence · in force since 15 May 2026 · elsewhere in the building Licensed hours: alcohol until 23:00 (Sun 21:00)
Licence The Gaumont Rooftop Premises licence · in force since 19 Dec 2024 · elsewhere in the building Licensed hours: alcohol until midnight (Sun 22:30)

And 2 more at this address

Licensed hours are what the licence permits, not opening times.

Site constraints 10

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

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 ↗

National infrastructure project about 481 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel

The site is about 481 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 797 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 ↗

Conservation area about 12 m away: Chelsea

The edge of the area; work outside it can still affect its setting.

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 ↗

12 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: Former Temperance Billiard Hall, Grade II, about 52 m from the postcode pin · 11 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 12 with distances

52 mFormer Temperance Billiard HallGrade II
74 mFormer Motorcar GarageGrade II
88 mNatWest BankGrade II
92 mFormer Welsh Congregational ChurchGrade II
105 mK2 Telephone Kiosk at Junction With Britten StreetGrade II
110 mChelsea Town HallGrade II
114 m9-37, Shawfield Street Sw3Grade II
115 mJubilee CottagesGrade II
118 mPublic BathsGrade II
130 mThe PheasantryGrade II
130 mGateway and Forecourt Wall to the PheasantryGrade II
130 mGateway and Forecourt Wall to the Pheasantry

Historic England ↗

Also on the record

Registered park or garden about 107 m away: St Luke's Garden; Tree preservation order about 12 m away; Inside the Kensington and Chelsea built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6a (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Town centre about 12 m away: King's Road (east).

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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