Burton Court, St Leonard's Terrace, London, SW3 4QJ Data via plota.co.uk

PP/25/04682 - Planning Permission Withdrawn

Proposal

Construction of new tennis courts, shelter and associated fencing.***WITHDRAWN*** Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 23 Oct 2026, 23:54

Application progress

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Received

30 Jul 2025

−

Withdrawn

2 Oct 2026

Withdrawn on 2 Oct 2026 · Last checked 23 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Kensington and Chelsea Planning Applications Committee on 18 Nov 2025.

Approved unanimously

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because public benefits supporting the Royal Hospital outweighed less than substantial heritage harm.
Supporters cited wider opportunities for tennis and benefits for local schools, while objectors raised heritage, noise, biodiversity and tree concerns.
The committee voted unanimously to grant permission, subject to the legal agreement and conditions.

Read how the committee decided The officers’ assessment, the objections, the speakers and the committee’s unanimous decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Kensington and Chelsea's committee minutes of 18 Nov 2025.

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Site constraints 10

Registered park or garden: ROYAL HOSPITAL, CHELSEA and RANELAGH GARDENS

Nationally designated heritage. Its significance and setting carry great weight.

Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.

Historic England ↗

Royal Hospital 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.

Designated open space

Borough-designated open space.

Loss of protected open space is resisted unless it is replaced by space of equal or better quality nearby.

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 ↗

National infrastructure project about 90 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel

The site is about 90 m from the project boundary. Waste water treatment, decided. The project page says whether consent was granted. Also within 2 km: London Strategic Heat Main Project (at pre-application, about 285 m).

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

11 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; Inside the Kensington and Chelsea built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 5 (very good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square.

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: SW3 4QJ
Received: 30 Jul 2025
Validated: 30 Jul 2025
Ward: Royal Hospital
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 24 Sept 2025
Decision: Withdrawn
Decision date: 2 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show

Consultation & key dates

Comments by: 29 Aug 2025

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Withdrawn

Construction of new tennis courts, shelter and associated fencing***WITHDRAWN***

PP/25/02674 30 Jun 2025

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