Burton Court, St Leonard's Terrace, London, SW3 4QJ Data via plota.co.uk

PP/26/04277 - Planning Permission Approved
Commercial & major works

Proposal

Construction of two new tennis courts and associated works including installation of fencing (Part retrospective application) Data via plota.co.uk

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Application progress

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Received
7 Aug 2026
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Approved
28 Sept 2026

Approved on 28 Sept 2026 · Last checked 19 Oct 2026

Documents

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Site constraints 10

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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Designated open space
Borough-designated open space.
Loss of protected open space is resisted unless it is replaced by space of equal or better quality nearby.
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 ↗
National infrastructure project about 90 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel
The site is about 90 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 285 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 ↗
Also on the record
11 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin; 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
Planning Permission
Postcode
SW3 4QJ
Received
7 Aug 2026
Validated
7 Aug 2026
Ward
Royal Hospital
Case officer
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Target decision
2 Oct 2026
Decision
Granted
Decision date
28 Sept 2026
Applicant
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How this decision compares

Decided in 52 days from validation, 28 days faster than Kensington and Chelsea's median of 80 for commercial and major works. Approved, as 87% of commercial and major works here are.

35%decided within 8 weeks
87%approved
77decided in the last year

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

Consultation & key dates

Comments by
4 Sept 2026

Historical activity at this location

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

This property

Previous applications at this address

2025
Construction of new tennis courts, shelter and associated fencing.
PP/25/04682
2025 Withdrawn
Construction of new tennis courts, shelter and associated fencing***WITHDRAWN***
PP/25/02674
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
Source: MHCLG planning statistics · See full council rankings