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Pending Consideration 2025/03376/VAR
Date received
around 26 Jan 2026
Date validated
26 Jan 2026
Postcode
W12 7FL

Description

Planning application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act (1990) seeking variations of Planning Conditions 4, 5, 6, 7, 34, 35, 41, 42, 48, 49, 50, 53 and 62 pursuant to planning permissions ref granted on 24th January 2024 for amendments to include: alterations to building heights; external appearance; commercial and community floorspace provision; cycle and car parking provision; hard and soft landscaping; and other associated amendments. The amendments would result in proposals for a mixed-use redevelopment comprising the erection of new buildings ranging from 23.5 AOD - 133.150 AOD above ground level plus basement level, providing up to 1,674 residential units (up to 136,348sqm GIA) residential (Class C3) floorspace) with associated private and communal garden areas and amenity spaces; up to 813sqm (GIA) of Class E/F.2 floorspace; provision of basement level car park, and associated development, including new and enhanced public realm across the site with new open spaces, vehicular access and servicing facilities. Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Planning committee

Decided by Hammersmith and Fulham Planning and Development Control Committee on 15 Sept 2026. The council has not yet issued its decision notice.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the changes would deliver housing, public benefits and environmental improvements with conditions and legal obligations.
  • Residents raised concerns about height, overdevelopment, amenity, construction disruption, traffic, parking and pressure on local services.
  • The committee unanimously approved both recommendations, subject to the legal agreement, conditions, Addendum changes and no contrary mayoral direction.
Read how the committee decided The proposal, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, public speakers, committee vote and decision. Includes the meeting recording

Source: Plota analysis of Hammersmith and Fulham's committee minutes of 15 Sept 2026.

Associated applications 2

  • Part of

    Outlinecouncil archive

    Conditions variation sought for 4, 5, 6, 7, 34, 35, 41, 42, 48, 49, 50, 53, 62

    • VariationPlanning application under Section 73 of the Town and Country Planning Act (1990) seeking…This application2025/03376/VAR

Site constraints 5

Air quality management area: Hammersmith and Fulham 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: Shepherds Bush Town Centre
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.
Opportunity area
Where the London Plan expects significant growth.
Boundaries are indicative and the borough holds the detailed plan.
Also on the record
1 listed building within 150 m; Inside the Hammersmith and Fulham built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 25 September 2026. 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.

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Hammersmith and Fulham
Planning Authority Score
3.7/10
Below average
#210 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Hammersmith and Fulham is one of the slowest councils in England for householder decisions, ranking #281 out of 296. The council extends the time limit on 63% of applications - one of the highest rates in England. Expect your application to take longer than the standard deadline. Householder applications are more likely to be approved here than most councils, with a 99% approval rate vs 90% nationally.

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Hammersmith and Fulham decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
95%
Overall approval rate
Above avg (87%) #20 of 296
99%
Householder approved
Above avg (90%) #4 of 296
33%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #281 of 296
63%
Extended time limit
Above avg (41%) #275 of 296
97%
Minor dwellings approved
209 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
1 decided (10+ homes)
92%
Change of use approved
37 decided
1,321
Total decisions
60 refused in the year to March 2026