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CA/25/04619 - Advertisement consent Approved

Proposal

Replacement of shopfront with bronze coloured aluminium-framed glazed shopfront and installation of retractable awning with brand logo, replacement non-illuminated acrylic fascia with signage, and replacement illuminated projecting sign. Data via plota.co.uk

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Received
3 Sept 2025
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Approved
29 Oct 2025

Approved on 29 Oct 2025 · Last checked 23 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 10

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 ↗
2 Article 4 directions
Article 4 - No 100 · Article 4 - No 106. Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
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 ↗
Town centre: King's Road (east)
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.
National infrastructure project about 402 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is about 402 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 817 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 ↗
12 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Chelsea Town Hall, Grade II, about 21 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 11 Grade II
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 ↗
Also on the record
Registered park or garden about 166 m away: St Luke's Garden; 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 2 November 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.

Sales history 1

Last sold for £95,000 in October 2017. Other property, leasehold.

11 October 2017£95,000Recorded as a transfer outside a standard sale

Sale prices from HM Land Registry's price paid record, matched to this application by its address.

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Important details

Council
Kensington and Chelsea
Application type
Advertisement consent
Postcode
SW3 5TX
Received
3 Sept 2025
Validated
3 Sept 2025
Ward
Royal Hospital
Case officer
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Target decision
29 Oct 2025
Decision
Granted
Decision date
29 Oct 2025
Applicant
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Leaseholder
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How this decision compares

Decided in 56 days from validation, 13 days faster than Kensington and Chelsea's median of 69 for advertisement consent. Approved, as 90% of advertisement consent here are.

41%decided within 8 weeks
90%approved
225decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

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29 Sept 2025

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025 Approved
Replacement of shopfront with bronze coloured aluminium-framed glazed shopfront and insta…
PP/25/04618
2022 Approved
Installation of 1No. externally illuminated fascia sign and 1No. internally illuminated p…
CA/22/02001
2020 Approved
Change of Use from Class A1: current Retail with seating area to a Class A3, Restaurant
PP/20/00961
2019 Approved
Change of use from Shops (A1) to restaurant (A3)
PA/19/07862
2017 Approved
Alteration of shop front elevation and addition of fixed canopy
PP/17/07262
2017 Approved
Provision of replacement non-illuminated shop fascia and hanging sign
CA/17/07246
Within ~100m

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Kensington and Chelsea
Planning Authority Score
5.1/10
Average
#144 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other 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

Sale prices: Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. This data is licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

Leaseholders: Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Source: HM Land Registry, UK and overseas companies that own property in England and Wales, September 2026 release.