Second Floor 14 - 18 Fife Road Kingston Upon Thames KT1 1SZ Data via plota.co.uk

26/01804/PACOU - Change of Use to 1 or 2 Flats (Class G) Approved

Proposal

Prior Notification under Part G of the GPDO for the change of use of the second floor from a use within Class E to a mixed use for any purpose within that Class and up to 2nos flats. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
17 Aug 2026
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Consultation
25 Aug 2026
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Approved
25 Sept 2026

Approved on 25 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 26 Sept 2026

Documents 23

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 9

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Article 4 direction
Kingston. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Archaeological priority area
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: Kingston upon Thames 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: Kingston
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.
14 listed buildings within 150 m
Nearest: Bentalls Facade And Lobby; Wood/Clarence Street., 23 m away
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 14 with distances
  • 23 mBentalls Facade And Lobby; Wood/Clarence Street.
  • 47 m53 Clarence Street
  • 48 m59 Clarence Street
  • 67 m45-49 Clarence Street
  • 91 m20 Clarence Street
  • 101 m16-18 Clarence Street
  • 107 m12 Clarence Street
  • 113 mBentalls (Maurice Webb Facade) Wood St/Clarence St
  • 115 m42-44 Clarence Street
  • 115 m46 Clarence Street
  • 120 m48 Clarence Street
  • 123 m20 Church Street
  • 130 m52-54 Clarence Street
  • 138 m18 Church Street
Also on the record
Inside the Kingston upon Thames built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6a (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; National infrastructure project 1913 m away: Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA), at pre-application.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 6 October 2026. 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.

Building

Floor area557 m² (5,995 sq ft)
Energy ratingC (asset rating 69)
UseOffices and Workshop Businesses
HeatingAir Conditioning

From the energy performance certificate lodged in September 2024, the latest held for this property. The building may have changed since. View the certificate

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Important details

Application type
Change of Use to 1 or 2 Flats (Class G)
Postcode
KT1 1SZ
Received
17 Aug 2026
Validated
17 Aug 2026
Ward
Grove - OLD
Parish
Kingston Town - OLD
Case officer
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Target decision
12 Oct 2026
Decision
Prior Approval Granted
Decision date
25 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
Tarun Cheema
Freehold owner
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How this decision compares

Decided in 39 days from validation, 17 days faster than Kingston upon Thames's median of 56 for changes of use. Approved, as 70% of changes of use here are.

76%decided within 8 weeks
70%approved
113decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Kingston upon Thames in the last twelve months, from validation. Kingston upon Thames decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

15 neighbours consulted · Last counted 26 Sept 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-15127248
Planning Portal ref
PP-15127248
Neighbours
20 Aug 2026
Consultation
25 Aug 2026
Comments by
16 Sept 2026
Statutory expiry
12 Oct 2026
Env. assessment
No
Kingston upon Thames
Planning Authority Score
6.5/10
Good
#76 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Kingston upon Thames is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #33 out of 296. Only 20% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Kingston upon Thames is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 82% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 82% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Kingston upon Thames decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
75%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #288 of 296
82%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #266 of 296
81%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #33 of 296
20%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #18 of 296
44%
Minor dwellings approved
124 decided (1-9 homes)
60%
Major dwellings approved
10 decided (10+ homes)
42%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,112
Total decisions
274 refused in the year to March 2026

Energy performance: Energy performance certificates from the Energy Performance of Buildings Register, Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright 2026.

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.