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Approved PA25/1854 - Removal or variation of a condition
Date received
22 Jul 2025
Date validated
22 Jul 2025
Decision date
3 Dec 2025
Type
Removal or variation of a condition

Description

Variation of condition NS101A Approved drawings of application to al Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Planning committee

Decided by Richmond upon Thames Planning Committee on 25 Nov 2025.

Approved

As officers recommended.

  • Officers advised approval because the amendments retained the development’s benefits and identified harms were outweighed by wider public benefits.
  • The committee voted for the officer recommendation and approved the application with conditions, informatives and an additional social-rent informative.
Read how the committee decided The proposed changes, site history, officers’ assessment, consultation responses, committee debate, vote and decision.

Source: Plota analysis of Richmond upon Thames's committee minutes of 25 Nov 2025.

Site constraints 13

Twickenham Riverside 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 ↗
Air quality management area: Richmond 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: Twickenham
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.
Local nature reserve 207 m away: Ham Lands
Work nearby can need a habitats assessment.
Harm to a protected site is only accepted where there is no alternative and an overriding public interest.
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
Thames Path 27 m away; 16 listed buildings within 150 m; Flood defence 20 m away (wall, designed for a 1 in 1000 year flood); National infrastructure project 507 m away: Teddington Direct River Abstraction (TDRA), at pre-application; Heritage at risk 81 m away: Boathouse and deep-water dock, riverside landing stage, steps, balustrade and gates, Thames Eyot, Cross Deep, Twickenham; Inside the Richmond upon Thames built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 4 (good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Metropolitan Open Land 35 m away.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 15 October 2026. 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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Richmond upon Thames
Planning Authority Score
4.4/10
Below average
#182 of 296 councils
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Householder decisions

Richmond upon Thames ranks #130 out of 296 councils for householder decision speed. Richmond 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
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Richmond upon Thames decision statistics
Based on MHCLG data, the year to March 2026
81%
Overall approval rate
Below avg (87%) #257 of 296
82%
Householder approved
Below avg (90%) #268 of 296
69%
Decided in 8 weeks
Above avg (63%) #130 of 296
35%
Extended time limit
Below avg (41%) #104 of 296
68%
Minor dwellings approved
181 decided (1-9 homes)
100%
Major dwellings approved
3 decided (10+ homes)
47%
Change of use approved
17 decided
1,888
Total decisions
358 refused in the year to March 2026