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26/01603/NMA - Non-Material Amendment Approved
Admin / proceduralCommercial premises

Proposal

Application for a Non-Material Amendment to Planning Permission ref: (Temporary Change of Use (5 years) from Office - Class E(g)(i) to Provision of Education facility -Class F1(a) (commencing on 1st September 2022) - Flood Risk Assessment Addendum Received). Amendment to change the proposal description temporary time period to 8 years. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
21 Jul 2026
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Approved
22 Sept 2026

Approved on 22 Sept 2026 · Delegated Decision · Last checked 23 Sept 2026

Documents 3

Decision & officer reports 1

PDF DECISION NOTICE - GRANT - NMA Decision · 22 Sept 2026 View ↗

Application forms 1

PDF Application Form (No personal data) Application Form · 21 Jul 2026 View ↗

Other documents 1

PDF Cover Letter Supporting Documents · 21 Jul 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Associated applications 3

Site constraints 14

Flood zone 2, rivers and sea
Medium chance: between a 1 in 100 and 1 in 1,000 annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 to 1 in 1,000 from the sea. Any development here needs a flood risk assessment. Defences are not counted.
The Environment Agency flood map for planning. Homes in zone 3 must also pass the sequential test. Surface water flooding is a separate map.
Flood map ↗
Kingston Old Town Conservation Area 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.
Archaeological priority area
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: Kingston upon Thames 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 ↗
Town centre: Kingston
A designated centre in the London Plan.
Shops, services and active frontages are protected in centres, and main town centre uses are steered here first.
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
13 listed buildings within 150 m; Registered park or garden 122 m away: Hampton Court; SSSI 307 m away: Bushy Park and Home Park SSSI; Inside the Kingston upon Thames built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 3 (moderate), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Flood defence 40 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Designated open space 33 m away; Metropolitan Open Land 81 m away.
Not affected
Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

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Important details

Council
Kingston upon Thames
Application type
Non-Material Amendment
Postcode
KT1 1LQ
Received
21 Jul 2026
Validated
21 Jul 2026
Ward
Kingston Town
Parish
Kingston And North Kingston
Case officer
Show
Target decision
23 Sept 2026
Decision
Application Granted
Decision date
22 Sept 2026
Decision level
Delegated Decision
Applicant
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Agent
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Freehold owner
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Public comments

No public comments yet.

Last counted 23 Sept 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14681149
Planning Portal ref
PP-14681149
Statutory expiry
18 Aug 2026
Env. assessment
No

Historical activity at this location

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

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Previous applications at this address

2021 Approved
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Within ~100m

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Kingston upon Thames
Planning Authority Score
6.5/10
Good
#76 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

Kingston upon Thames is faster than most councils at deciding householder applications, ranking #33 out of 296. Only 20% of applications have the time limit extended, well below the 41% national average - the council usually decides on time. Kingston upon Thames is also one of the strictest councils - it refuses more householder applications than almost any other, with only 82% approved vs 90% nationally.

One of the strictest councils
only 82% approved vs 90% nationally
These figures are council-wide context, not a prediction for this application. View full council performance
Kingston upon Thames decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
75%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #288 of 296
82%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #266 of 296
81%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #33 of 296
20%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #18 of 296
44%
Minor dwellings approved
124 decided (1-9 homes)
60%
Major dwellings approved
10 decided (10+ homes)
42%
Change of use approved
26 decided
1,112
Total decisions
274 refused in the year to March 2026
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings

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