39 - 41 High Street Kingston Upon Thames KT1 1LQ Data via plota.co.uk

26/00638/LBC - Listed Building Consent Pending Consideration

Proposal

Internal alterations at ground and first floor level, including remedial and reinstatement works following unauthorised works together with associated internal alterations to facilitate restaurant use (Revised Information dated 2.10.2026 received regarding the proposed internal alterations to facilitate the new restaurant) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
25 Mar 2026
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Validated
14 Apr 2026
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Consultation
8 Oct 2026
Decision
Target date was 9 Jun 2026

Under consideration

No decision has been issued yet. Plota predicted a decision soon after comments close on 22 Oct 2026; it is now day 188.

Comments are open until 22 Oct 2026

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Documents 32

Plans & drawings 21

PDF 3130-EE-05 Street Elevation Reinstatement Proposals Drawing · 13 Jul 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-EE-01 Street Elevation - Pizza Express Era (1980-2025) Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-EE-02 Street Elevation - Unauthorised Works (Oct 2025 - Feb 2026) Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-EE-03 Street Elevation - Unauthorised Works Removal (Feb-May 2026) Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-EE-04 Existing and Proposed Flank Elevation Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-IE-01 REV A Internal Elevations 1 Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-IE-02 REV A Internal Elevations 2 Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-IE-03 REV A Internal Elevations 3 Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-IE-04 REV A Internal Elevations 4 Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-IE-05 REV A Internal Elevations 5 Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-IE-06 REV A Internal Elevations 6 Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-IE-07 REV A Internal Elevations 7 Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-IE-08 REV A Internal Elevations 8 Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-P-04 Ground Floor Plan - Reinstatement Proposals Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-P-05 First Floor Plan - Reinstatement Proposals Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-PE-02C Ground Floor Plan - Prior to Unauthorised Works Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-PE-03C First Floor Plan - Prior to Unauthorised Works Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-R-04 Ground Floor Plan - After Removals Feb-March 2026 Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-R-05 First Floor Plan: After Removals Feb-March 2026 Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-U-04 Ground Floor Plan: Unauthorised Works - Dec 2025 Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗ PDF 3130-U-05 REV A First Floor Plan: Unauthorised Works - Dec 2025 Revised Drawing · 16 Jun 2026 View ↗

All documents on the council site ↗

Licences at this address

  • Licence Nando's Premises licence · in force · elsewhere in the building Hours not given on the register
    Food hygiene rating: 5 (Very good)Inspected 10 Apr 2026
  • Licence Pizza Express Premises licence · in force · elsewhere in the building Hours not given on the register

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

Site constraints 15

Grade II* listed: 37-41, High Street
List entry 1358459 · The pin is inside its outline · 9 more listed buildings within 150 m (1 Grade II*, 3 Grade II)
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 ↗
Flood zone 3, rivers and sea
High chance: a 1 in 100 or greater annual chance from rivers, or 1 in 200 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
Registered park or garden 128 m away: Hampton Court; Scheduled monument 184 m away: Clattern Bridge; SSSI 324 m away: Bushy Park and Home Park SSSI; Inside the Kingston upon Thames built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 5 (very good), TfL 2023, for the 100 m square; Flood defence 45 m away (natural high ground, designed for a 1 in 5 year flood); Designated open space 30 m away; Metropolitan Open Land 86 m away.
Not affected
Not green belt

Checked on 6 October 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England, 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
Listed Building Consent
Postcode
KT1 1LQ
Received
25 Mar 2026
Validated
14 Apr 2026
Ward
Kingston Town
Parish
Kingston And North Kingston
Case officer
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Target decision
9 Jun 2026
Applicant
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Freehold owner
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Decision outlook

Day 188, past the statutory target. 94% of changes of use in Kingston upon Thames are decided within thirteen weeks; extensions of time are common, and the council need not decide on the day. Last seen undecided on 17 Oct 2026.

Day 1884 days to the predicted decision (day 192)
76%decided within 8 weeks
70%approved
113decided in the last year

Plota live figures for changes of use decided by Kingston upon Thames in the last twelve months, from validation. Kingston upon Thames decision record →

Public comments

No public comments yet.

22 neighbours consulted · Last counted 17 Oct 2026

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Consultation & key dates

Alt. reference
PP-14797262
Planning Portal ref
PP-14797262
Neighbours
20 Apr 2026
Consultation
8 Oct 2026
Comments by
22 Oct 2026
Site or press notice
29 Jun 2026
Statutory expiry
9 Jun 2026
Env. assessment
No
Kingston upon Thames
Planning Authority Score
6.5/10
Good
#76 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Other decisions

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

Freehold owner: 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.