Grounds adjacent to Holland House, Holland Park, London, W8 7QU Data via plota.co.uk

PP/26/04537 - Planning Permission Consultation
Schools, care & community

Proposal

Temporary use of a defined area of Holland Park to present GLOW at Christmas, a curated outdoor light art exhibition staged on winter evenings, together with associated temporary structures, for five consecutive winter seasons, each season running between 15 November and 5 January, with a build period of up to 20 working days before each season and a de-rig period of up to 15 working days commencing within three days of the final operating evening of each season (excluding public holidays). (Major Application) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Aug 2026
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Validated
9 Sept 2026
Decision
Expected by 9 Dec 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicts a decision between 7 Nov 2026 and 13 Dec 2026, from Kensington and Chelsea's recent full applications.

The consultation period closed on 2 Oct 2026.

Documents

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Site constraints 14

3 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Holland House, Grade I, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 2 Grade I
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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Historic England ↗
Metropolitan Open Land
Green belt level protection inside London.
The London Plan gives Metropolitan Open Land the same protection as green belt: inappropriate development needs very special circumstances.
Registered park or garden: Holland Park
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 ↗
Holland Park 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 ↗
Habitat network: Wood pasture and parkland
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Also on the record
Heritage at risk about 17 m away: Holland House, Kensington High Street; National infrastructure project about 1603 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel; Inside the Kensington and Chelsea built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 4 (good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Priority habitat about 33 m away: Deciduous woodland.
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
W8 7QU
Received
21 Aug 2026
Validated
9 Sept 2026
Ward
Holland
Case officer
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Target decision
9 Dec 2026
Applicant
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Decision outlook

Day 50 of the 56-day target. Kensington and Chelsea usually decides full applications by day 74.

Day 5024 days to the predicted decision (day 74)
38%decided within 8 weeks
94%approved
1,533decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
2 Oct 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

Within ~100m

Nearby activity

2025 Approved
Holland Park Theatre, Holland Park, London, W8 6LU
Construction of temporary, demountable up to 1000 seats auditorium and six temporary marq…
PP/25/00258
2022 Approved
Holland House, Holland Park, LONDON, W8 7QU
Details required by condition nos. 4c (method statement for dismantling elements of the b…
CON/22/03139
2021 Approved
Holland House, Holland Park, LONDON, W8 7QU
Details required by Condition 4(a) and 4(b) (Submission of details - stone balustrade) of…
CON/21/02407
2020 Approved
Holland House, Holland Park, LONDON, W8 7QU
Details required by condition 4a (Submission of details - Details of construction and des…
CON/20/05567
2020 Approved
Holland House, Holland Park, LONDON, W8 7QU
Details required by condition 4a (Submission of details (Full PP) - Details of constructi…
CON/20/05555
2020 Approved
Holland House, Holland Park, LONDON, W8 7QU
Details required by Condition 4f (Submission of details - waterproof membrane to roofs) a…
CON/20/05078
2020 Approved
Holland House, Holland Park, LONDON, W8 7QU
Installation of roof maintenance access hatches and ceiling hatches to east wing
LB/20/03093
2020 Approved
Holland House, Holland Park, LONDON, W8 7QU
Installation of roof maintenance access hatches and ceiling hatches to east wing
PP/20/03092
2020 Approved
Holland House, Holland Park, LONDON, W8 7QU
Replacement flat roof covering, removal of glazed lanterns, and provision of new roof mai…
LB/20/00299
2020 Approved
Holland House, Holland Park, London, W8 7QU
Replacement flat roof covering, removal of glazed lanterns, and provision of new roof mai…
PP/20/00298
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