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2025/02525/FUL - Full Planning Application Approved

Proposal

Change of use of the existing building from Grenadian Consulate (Class Sui Generis) into nursery (Class E). Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
17 Sept 2025
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Validated
25 Sept 2025
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Approved
4 Aug 2026

Approved on 4 Aug 2026 · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Hammersmith and Fulham Planning and Development Control Committee on 14 Apr 2026.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the nursery would meet local demand, with transport, amenity, design and environmental impacts controlled by conditions and obligations.
  • Residents raised concerns about traffic and parking, while supporters cited childcare need and the benefit of reusing a vacant building.
  • The committee unanimously approved both recommendations and authorised permission subject to the report’s conditions and Addendum changes.
Read how the committee decided The proposed nursery, site history, officers’ assessment, public comments, committee vote and final decision. Includes the meeting recording, from 3:02:21 where this application was taken

Source: Plota analysis of Hammersmith and Fulham's committee minutes of 14 Apr 2026.

Documents 22

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF Decision Notice Planning Permission Decision Notice · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗

Statements & assessments 4

PDF Parking Stress Survey Report · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF First Transport Analysis Report · 3 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF FLOOD RISK ASSESSMENT Report · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF ARCHEL STUDIO PLANNING STATEMENT Drawing · 17 Sept 2025 View ↗

Plans & drawings 12

PDF Travel Plan Report · 27 Nov 2025 View ↗ PDF PROPOSED FLOOR PLANS - CHANGE OF USE APPLICATION TO CLASS E FOR A NURSERY Drawing · 24 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF LOCATIONPLAN Drawing · 17 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF SITELOCATION Drawing · 17 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF ARCHEL STUDIOS 03 ELEVATIONS Drawing · 17 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF ELEVATION (SIDE) - EXISTING_INCLUDED_IN_ELEVATION (FRONT) - EXISTING Drawing · 17 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF ARCHEL STUDIOS 02 LOWER GROUND FLOOR AND MEZZANINE Drawing · 17 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF ARCHEL STUDIOS 01 GROUND FLOOR AND MEZZANINE Drawing · 17 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF ARCHEL STUDIOS 04 SECTIONS Drawing · 17 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF RAPHAEL NURSERY FLOOR PLANS Drawing · 17 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF LAYOUT PLANS OF EXISTING BUILDING Drawing · 17 Sept 2025 View ↗ PDF COMPLETED FORM_1_CIL_ADDITIONAL_INFORMATION Drawing · 17 Sept 2025 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF APPLICATIONFORMREDACTED Application Form Redacted · 17 Sept 2025 View ↗

Other documents 4

PDF S.106 Agreement_Redacted S106 Agreement Redacted · 4 Aug 2026 View ↗ PDF UPDATED FRA Report · 3 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF Updated FRA Report · 3 Oct 2025 View ↗ PDF OFFICER'S FILE NOTE Report · 29 Sept 2025 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 2

Site constraints 6

Turneville/Chesson 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.
In flood zones plus climate change
Inside the extent flood zones 2 and 3 could reach with climate change: the Central allowance for the 2080s on rivers, the Upper End allowance for sea level rise to 2125. From the sea. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Councils use it to decide when a flood risk assessment and the sequential test are needed. It is indicative and does not show whether a particular property will flood.
Flood map ↗
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 ↗
National infrastructure project 513 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is 513 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted.
Nationally significant infrastructure projects (power stations, electricity lines, pipelines, major roads and railways, harbours, airports and reservoirs) are consented by a Secretary of State under the Planning Act 2008, after an examination by the Planning Inspectorate, rather than by the council. The boundary is the one the Inspectorate consults on and can change as the scheme does. Projects are shown within 2 km of the site.
Planning Inspectorate project page ↗
Also on the record
Inside the Hammersmith and Fulham built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6a (excellent), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No listed building at the site

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Important details

Council
Hammersmith and Fulham
Application type
Full Planning Application
Postcode
W14 9QH
Received
17 Sept 2025
Validated
25 Sept 2025
Ward
West Kensington
Case officer
Show
Decision
APPLICATION APPROVED
Decision date
4 Aug 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 313 days from validation, 237 days slower than Hammersmith and Fulham's median of 76 for full applications. Approved, as 98% of full applications here are.

29%decided within 8 weeks
98%approved
759decided in the last year

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

Public comments

No public comments yet.

Read the comments on the council site ↗

Consultation & key dates

Consultation
29 Sept 2025
Comments by
29 Oct 2025
Site or press notice
8 Oct 2025

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Refused
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Hammersmith and Fulham
Planning Authority Score
3.7/10
Below average
#210 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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.

Among the slowest councils in England
for householder decisions
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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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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