225-227 Kensington High Street, London, W8 6SA Data via plota.co.uk

PP/25/06144 - Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (compliance with approved drawings) of planning permission Ref. , granted on 10 June 2024, as amended by Ref. granted on 09 November 2023 (Upwards extensions of the buildings to provide additional hotel accommodation, use of ground floor as caf?, retail and hotel lobby and associated improvement to shop frontages, use of basement as additional hotel floorspace and reconfiguration of the existing hotel bedrooms), namely to provide a fourth floor mansard roof extension, setback from the roofline to provide two additional hotel rooms/units, together with a slight raising of the parapet to maintain proportion, and the rewording of relevant conditions to become compliance conditions reflecting details already approved. Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
13 Oct 2025
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Approved
2 Jul 2026

Approved on 2 Jul 2026 · Last checked 23 Oct 2026

Associated applications 6

Licences at this address

  • Licence The Hideaway Kensington Ltd Premises licence · in force since 13 Nov 2025 Licensed hours: alcohol 24 hours
    Food hygiene rating: 5 (Very good)Inspected 18 Feb 2026
  • Licence Seraphine Hotel Premises licence · in force since 4 Mar 2010 Licensed hours: alcohol 24 hours

Licensed hours are what the licence permits, not opening times.

Site constraints 13

Edwards Square/Scarsdale & Abingdon 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
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 ↗
Town centre: Kensington High Street
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.
6 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin
Nearest: Roman Catholic Church of Our Lady of Victories, including the entrance screen, Grade II, about 25 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 4 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 ↗
Habitat network: Network Enhancement Zone 2
Where habitat is joined up enough to work as a network. Context, not a constraint on its own.
Registered park or garden about 76 m away: Holland Park
Its setting is a consideration for work nearby.
Registered parks and gardens, battlefields, world heritage sites and protected wrecks are designated heritage assets: harm needs clear and convincing justification.
Historic England ↗
Also on the record
National infrastructure project about 1583 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; Metropolitan Open Land about 77 m away.
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

Application type
Planning Permission
Postcode
W8 6SA
Received
13 Oct 2025
Validated
13 Oct 2025
Ward
Abingdon
Case officer
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Target decision
8 Dec 2025
Decision
Granted
Decision date
2 Jul 2026
Applicant
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Consultation & key dates

Comments by
3 Apr 2026
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