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CL/26/05728 - Certificates Lawful Proposed Use or Dev. Consultation
Solar & renewables

Proposal

Installation of 1no. Air Source Heat Pump to corner of rear first floor terrace. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
22 Oct 2026
Decision
Expected by 17 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 17 Dec 2026 and 9 Jan 2027, from Kensington and Chelsea's recent lawful development certificates.

Comments are open until 20 Nov 2026

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Documents

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Site constraints 13

Kensington 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
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 ↗
26 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Parish Church of St Mary Abbot and Railings to Churchyard, Grade II*, about 23 m from the postcode pin · 3 Grade II*, 21 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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Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 114 m away: The Roof Garden, 99 High St, Kensington; Inside the Kensington and Chelsea built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 5 (very good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Designated open space about 5 m away; National infrastructure project about 1349 m away: London Strategic Heat Main Project, at pre-application; Town centre about 50 m away: Kensington High Street.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 28 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
Certificates Lawful Proposed Use or Dev.
Postcode
W8 4NB
Received
22 Oct 2026
Validated
22 Oct 2026
Ward
Campden
Target decision
17 Dec 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 7 of the 56-day target. Kensington and Chelsea usually decides lawful development certificates by day 67.

Day 760 days to the predicted decision (day 67)
42%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
106decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
20 Nov 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

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Nearby activity

2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
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LB/25/05413
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2025 Approved
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2025 Approved
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2024 Approved
98A Kensington High Street, London, W8 4SG
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LB/24/07726
2024 Approved
Second and Third Floors, 84 Kensington High Street, London, W8 4SG
Verification Order required to confirm the numbering and description of the newly develop…
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1 Gregory Place, LONDON, W8 4NG
Installation of glazed door to give secondary access onto rear balcony
PP/24/07064
2024 Approved
Ground Floor, 19 Drayson Mews, LONDON, W8 4LY
Variation of condition No. 2 (compliance with approved drawings), 5 (submission of roof t…
PP/24/06301
2024 Withdrawn
98A Kensington High Street, LONDON, W8 4SG
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2019 Refused
84-86 Kensington High Street, London, W8 4SG
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PP/19/03955
2019 Approved
28 Drayson Mews, London, W8 4LY
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31A Holland Street, London, W8 4LX
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St Mary Abbots Parish Church, Kensington High Street, London, W8 4LA
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Kensington and Chelsea
Planning Authority Score
5.1/10
Average
#144 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

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