Royal Hospital, Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4SR Data via plota.co.uk

LB/26/04664 - Listed Building Consent Approved

Proposal

Installation of three ESE (Early Streamer Emission) lightning protection air terminals, to connect to existing down conductors and earth termination positions (Part retrospective application) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received

26 Aug 2026

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Validated

3 Sept 2026

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Approved

22 Oct 2026

Approved on 22 Oct 2026 · Last checked 23 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 10

11 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: The Royal Hospital Main Hospital Buildings Seven Three Storey Connected Blocks, Grade I, the postcode pin is inside its outline · 2 Grade I, 1 Grade II*, 6 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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0 mThe Royal Hospital Main Hospital Buildings Seven Three Storey Connected BlocksGrade I
41 mStatue of Charles Ii in Centre of Middle Courtyard in Main Buildings, Royal HospitalGrade I
44 mWellhead in North Eastern Courtyard of the Royal HospitalGrade II
94 mThe Royal Hospital North East RangeGrade II*
99 mGates and Railings to London Gate and Chelsea Gate at the Royal HospitalGrade II
107 mLodge to London Gate, Royal HospitalGrade II
108 mPair of Gatepiers to South East of Main Buildings, Royal Hospital
111 mPair of Gatepiers to South East of Main Buildings, Royal HospitalGrade II
113 mRailings to South of Burton's Court, Royal HospitalGrade II
122 mGates and Railings to London Gate and Chelsea Gate at the Royal Hospital
124 mWellhead in South Western Courtyard of the Royal HospitalGrade II

Historic England ↗

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.

National infrastructure project: Thames Tideway Tunnel

The site is inside 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 108 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 ↗

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: 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 ↗

Also on the record

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: Listed Building Consent
Postcode: SW3 4SR
Received: 26 Aug 2026
Validated: 3 Sept 2026
Ward: Royal Hospital
Case officer: Show
Target decision: 29 Oct 2026
Decision: Granted
Decision date: 22 Oct 2026
Applicant: Show

How this decision compares

Decided in 49 days from validation, 43 days faster than Kensington and Chelsea's median of 92 for utility and infrastructure works. Approved, as 91% of utility and infrastructure works here are.

This one49d

Council92d

UK55d

28%decided within 8 weeks

91%approved

326decided in the last year

Plota live figures for utility and infrastructure works 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

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

This property

Royal Hospital, Royal Hospital Road, London, SW3 4SR Data via plota.co.uk

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Site constraints 10

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