Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AN Data via plota.co.uk

25/07477/FULL - Full Planning Permission Application Refused

Proposal

Replacement windows and doors with double glazed units using Slimlite glass. Data via plota.co.uk

Track application Save this application and get an email when its status or decision changes. Alerts nearby Get email alerts for new planning applications near this address.
View original council record ↗Last checked

Application progress

✓
Received
15 Oct 2025
✓
Validated
22 Oct 2025
✗
Refused
18 Feb 2026
Appeal
Not lodged

Refused on 18 Feb 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 18 Oct 2026

Documents 38

Decision & officer reports 2

PDF REFUSAL-FULL PP [PE] Decision Notice · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗ PDF DELEGATED REPORT Report · 18 Feb 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 3

PDF SUSTAINABLE DESIGN STATEMENT Background Papers · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF HERITAGE AND IMPACT STATEMENT Heritage Statement · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF DESIGN AND ACCESS STATEMENT Design and Access Statement · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 21

PDF EXISTING NORTH ELEVATION Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING WEST ELEVATION Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SOUTH WEST ELEVATION Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SOUTH AND EAST ELEVATIONS Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF EXISTING SITE PLAN Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF NORTH ELEVATION WINDOW LOCATIONS Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF WEST ELEVATION WINDOW LOCATIONS Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 250902-E301 - DOOR DETAIL Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 250902-E302 - SASH WINDOW DETAIL Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 250902-E303 - CASEMENT WINDOW DETAIL Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 250902-E401 - EXISTING BASEMENT FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 250902-E402A - EXISTING GROUND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 250902-E403 - EXISTING 1ST FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 250902-E404 - EXISTING 2ND FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 250902-E405 - EXISTING 3RD FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 250902-E406 - EXISTING 4TH FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 250902-E407 - EXISTING 5TH FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 250902-E408 - EXISTING 6TH FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 250902-E409 - EXISTING 7TH FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 250902-E410 - EXISTING 8TH FLOOR PLAN Drawing · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF DRAWING REGISTER 06 OCT 2025 Other · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗

Consultation & comments 2

PDF ECNSLT-STD EXT CONSULTEES Background Papers · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF NEIGHBOUR NOTIFICATION LETTER (21D) Background Papers · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗

Other documents 9

PDF ACK-GENERAL LETTER (G/P/C) Background Papers · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF CNSLT-LA SOCIETY Background Papers · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF CNSLT-LA SOCIETY Background Papers · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF SITE NOTICE 21 OR 28 DAYS IF T&C APPL. Background Papers · 10 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF FIRE STRATEGY Background Papers · 22 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF RECEIPT OF APPLICATION Other · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF 1ST INVALID LETTER Background Papers · 17 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF PHOTOS - FLATS Photo · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF GENERAL PHOTOS Photo · 15 Oct 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Site constraints 10

Grade II listed: Albert Hall Mansions Numbers 1 to 30
List entry 1275249 · The pin is inside its outline · 28 more listed buildings within 150 m (2 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 25 Grade II)
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 the other 28 with distances
Historic England ↗
Knightsbridge 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 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed. 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: Westminster 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 ↗
Registered park or garden 25 m away: Kensington Gardens
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 ↗
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
National infrastructure project 1877 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Inside the City of Westminster built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Metropolitan Open Land 18 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 2 November 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.

Work with planning data?

Every application in Westminster - and every UK council - as a live feed, an API, or a bulk CSV export.

About Plota's data service

Nearby new applications

3 Nov 2026Pending

24 Queen's Gate Gardens, London, SW7 5RP

External repair and conservation works, comprising: retention and completion of ...

LB/26/05755
3 Nov 2026Pending

24 Queen's Gate Gardens, London, SW7 5RP

External repair and conservation works, comprising: retention and completion of ...

PP/26/05753
30 Oct 2026Pending

Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL

Details required by condition 3a (submission of details-new clerestory windows) ...

CON/26/05838
30 Oct 2026Pending

Victoria and Albert Museum, Cromwell Road, London, SW7 2RL

Details required by condition 3e (submission of details-methodology of works to ...

CON/26/05839
30 Oct 2026Pending

Royal College Of Art Kensington Gore London SW7 2EU

Detailed drawings and materials of the New staircase within Henry Moore Building...

26/07327/ADLBC
29 Oct 2026Pending

20 Rutland Mews South, London, SW7 1NZ

Installation of air source heat pump in rear garden; installation of a home batt...

CL/26/05899

Important details

Council
Westminster
Application type
Full Planning Permission Application
Postcode
SW7 2AN
Received
15 Oct 2025
Validated
22 Oct 2025
Ward
Knightsbridge & Belgravia
Case officer
Show
Target decision
17 Dec 2025
Decision
Application Refused
Decision date
18 Feb 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
Show
Agent
Roger Mears Architects

How this decision compares

Decided in 119 days from validation, 43 days slower than Westminster's median of 76 for full applications. Refused, as 14% of full applications here are.

35%decided within 8 weeks
86%approved
2,198decided in the last year

Plota live figures for full applications decided by Westminster in the last twelve months, from validation. Westminster decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

262 neighbours consulted · Last counted 18 Oct 2026

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14388185
Planning Portal ref
PP-14388185
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

50 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Internal and external alterations to Flat 7-8 including replacement of service lightwell…
25/07534/LBC
2025
Internal and external alterations to Flat 7-8 including replacement of service lightwell…
25/07533/FULL
2025
Installation of replacement single glazed windows and doors with like-for-like double gla…
25/07478/LBC
2024
Removal and replacement of three existing doors including cut into two leaves to form thr…
24/05411/LBC
2024
Internal and external alterations to Flat 7 including installation of air conditioning at…
24/04203/LBC
2024
Internal and external alterations to Flat 7 including installation of air conditioning at…
24/04202/FULL
2021 Approved
Installation of a mains gas supply to feed the communal boiler room.
21/02120/LBC
2021 Approved
Installation of a mains gas supply to feed the communal boiler room.
21/02119/FULL
2020 Approved
Installation of a boiler room at lower ground floor level with a flue rising the height o…
20/01220/LBC
2020 Approved
Installation of a boiler room at lower ground floor level with a flue rising the height o…
20/01219/FULL
2019 Approved
Replacement of staircase within the northern lightwell used to access the basement flats…
19/02625/LBC
2019 Approved
Replacement of staircase within the northern lightwell used to access the basement flats.
19/02624/FULL
2019 Approved
Alterations to northern lightwell including resurface the ground finish, widening of two…
19/02039/LBC
2019 Approved
Alterations to northern lightwell including resurface the ground finish, widening of two…
19/02038/FULL
2018 Refused
Variation of Condition 1 of listed building consent dated 04 May 2016 (RN:15/10406/LBC )…
18/05517/LBC
2018 Approved
Variation of condition 1 of listed building consent dated 04 May 2016 (RN 15/10406/LBC) f…
18/05229/LBC
2018 Approved
Variation of condition 1 of planning permission dated 04 May 2016 (RN: 15/10405/FULL) for…
18/05063/FULL
2017 Approved
Installation of gas pipe apparatus at Flats 21-30B.
17/11093/LBC
2017 Approved
Installation of gas pipe apparatus at Flats 21-30B.
17/11092/FULL
2017 Approved
Installation of boiler flue and ventilation outlets at basement level in light-wells faci…
17/01164/LBC
2017 Approved
Installation of boiler flue and ventilation outlets at basement level in light-wells faci…
17/01163/FULL
2017 Approved
Variation of condition 1 of listed building consent dated 04 May 2016 (RN: 15/10406/LBC)…
17/01995/LBC
2017 Approved
Demolition of four outbuildings at basement level in the lightwells facing Kensington Gor…
17/01169/FULL
2017 Approved
Demolition of four outbuildings at basement level in the lightwells facing Kensington Gor…
17/01170/LBC
2025
The use of the properties as two separate residential units at 16 to 18 Albert Hall Mansi…
25/07764/CLEUD
Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025
Flat 3 Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AN
Installation of one condenser unit at roof level and boiler flue from Flat 3 to top of Se…
25/07615/LBC
2025
Flat 3 Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AN
Installation of one condenser unit at roof level and boiler flue from Flat 3 to top of Se…
25/07614/FULL
2025
Flat 3 Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AN
Internal alterations and refurbishment works.
25/07605/LBC
2025 Approved
Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore London SW7 2AP
High-level plaster repairs and associated remedial works across multiple bays within the…
25/03950/LBC
2025 Approved
Flat 43 Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AW
Internal layout alterations and associated refurbishment works.
25/05334/LBC
2025 Approved
Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore London SW7 2AP
Removal of internal timber partition and replacement with new partition incorporating a p…
25/03888/LBC
2025 Approved
Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore London SW7 2AP
Replacement of the east porch zinc roof with new and replacement of the associated 4 roof…
25/03769/LBC
2025
Flat 30B Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AJ
Minor internal alterations to layout, new finishes to kitchen and bathrooms to Flat 30B.
25/01488/LBC
2025
Flat 80 Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AE
Installation of a suspended ceiling in the corridor; use of lime render and lime wash for…
25/01084/LBC
2024
Flat 29 Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AJ
Installation of an external condenser unit for Flat 29, to be situated on the roof of the…
24/08578/FULL
2024
Flat 29 Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AJ
Installation of an external condenser unit for Flat 29, to be situated on the roof of the…
24/08579/LBC
2024
Flat 44 Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AW
Reglazing of existing single glazed timber windows and balcony doors with laminated glass…
24/05043/FULL
2024
Flat 44 Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AW
Reglazing of existing single glazed timber windows and balcony doors with laminated glass…
24/05044/LBC
2024
Flat 3 Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AN
Internal alterations and refurbishment.
24/04724/LBC
2024
Flat 44 Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AW
Installation of new flooring throughout.
24/03444/LBC
2024
Flat 48 Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AW
Replacement of existing single glazed timber windows with new timber single glazed window…
24/03368/FULL
2024
Flat 48 Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AW
Replacement of existing single glazed timber windows with new timber single glazed window…
24/03369/LBC
2024 Approved
Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore London SW7 2AP
Erect temporary access scaffolding platform at high level in the auditorium to inspect th…
24/00820/LBC
2024
Flat 52 Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AG
Installation of an external condenser unit together with pipework for Flat 52 located at…
24/01886/LBC
2024
Flat 52 Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AG
Installation of an external condenser unit together with pipework for Flat 52 located at…
24/01885/FULL
2016 Approved
Flat 27 Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AJ
Reinstatement of original features and internal alterations.
16/04283/LBC
2016 Approved
Albert Hall Mansions Kensington Gore London SW7 2AJ
Internal alterations to Flat 25.
16/05609/LBC
2016 Approved
Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore London SW7 2AP
Internal alterations to bars, bridge link and stairs. Installation of an enclosed plant a…
16/04082/LBC
2016 Approved
Royal Albert Hall Kensington Gore London SW7 2AP
Internal alterations including addition and extension of steps to 19 Loggia Boxes at grou…
16/02652/LBC
2016 Approved
Kensington Gore London
Display of a non-illuminated banner signage measuring 1.5m x 5m on the railing on Kensing…
16/02431/ADV
Westminster
Planning Authority Score
3.5/10
Below average
#221 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Householder decisions

Westminster is slower than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #258 out of 296. Only 28% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Westminster is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 81% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 81% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Westminster decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
86%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #201 of 296
81%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #277 of 296
44%
Decided in 8 weeks
Below avg (63%) #258 of 296
28%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #46 of 296
83%
Minor dwellings approved
12 decided (1-9 homes)
67%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
81%
Change of use approved
133 decided
4,602
Total decisions
648 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings