Basement And Ground Floor, 233 Kensington High Street, London, W8 6SF Data via plota.co.uk

PP/26/04447 - Planning Permission Approved
ShopfrontsSigns & advertsCommercial premises

Proposal

Replacement of shopfront with a heritage-style rounded frontage with glazed panels and hardwood timber frames. Relocation of entrance door to left side of fa?ade. Repainting of fa?ade in blue, with bronze ironmongery to entrance door. Installation of 2no. non-illuminated fascia signs - brass fret cut lettering - on front and side of shopfront. Application of gold lettering to glazed panels above and to right side of entrance door. Installation of 2no. illuminated digital screens - to front and side shop window. Application of painted signage Burglar Bill, on flank wall. No change of use is proposed. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Aug 2026
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Validated
21 Aug 2026
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Approved
14 Oct 2026

Approved on 14 Oct 2026 · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 13

Edwards Square/Scarsdale & Abingdon 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 106. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Archaeological priority area: The APA covers the high-ground of the gravel spur and slopes of Campden Hill
An assessment or field evaluation may be asked for before ground works.
The council or Historic England considers archaeology likely here. A desk-based assessment, and sometimes trial trenching, can be asked for with the application.
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: Kensington High Street
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.
6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Victories, including the entrance screen, Grade II, about 7 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 4 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 ↗
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 57 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 1562 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Inside the Kensington and Chelsea built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 4 (good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Metropolitan Open Land about 58 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.

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Important details

Council
Kensington and Chelsea
Application type
Planning Permission
Postcode
W8 6SF
Received
17 Aug 2026
Validated
21 Aug 2026
Ward
Abingdon
Case officer
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Target decision
16 Oct 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
14 Oct 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 54 days from validation, 15 days faster than Kensington and Chelsea's median of 69 for shopfronts. Approved, as 95% of shopfronts here are.

42%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
104decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

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18 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

25 nearby applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

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

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