232 King's Road and 18-20 Chelsea Manor Street, London, SW3 3TT Data via plota.co.uk

PP/26/01192 - Planning Permission Approved

Proposal

Variation of Condition 2 of planning permission (Demolition of buildings with retention and alteration of projecting historic front facade of No. 18. Construction of 5-storey plus lower ground block comprising No22 self-contained apartments and basement level for car parking accessed from Sydney Street; redevelopment of 232 King's Road to provide No4 self-contained apartments with lower ground floor and ground floor retail; creation of additional basement to retail unit at 232 King's Road to provide ancillary storage space (Major Application)) to increase the height of the Chelsea Manor Street facade, changes to the approved layout of the basement and design changes to the elevations throughout. (AMENDED DESCRIPTION) Data via plota.co.uk

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View original council record ↗Last checked 22 Oct 2026, 15:55

Application progress

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Received

8 Dec 2025

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Approved

14 Jul 2026

Approved on 14 Jul 2026 · Last checked 22 Oct 2026

Planning committee

Decided by Kensington and Chelsea Planning Applications Committee on 23 Jun 2026.

Approved

As officers recommended.

Officers advised approval because the existing permission carried significant weight and the changes were considered acceptable.
Objectors raised concerns about daylight, construction, traffic, overlooking, design, height, energy and consultation.
The committee granted permission by majority, subject to the agreement and conditions, with authority to refuse if the agreement was not completed.

Read how the committee decided The proposed changes, site history, officers’ assessment, objections, speakers, committee decision and planning conditions.

Source: Plota analysis of Kensington and Chelsea's committee minutes of 23 Jun 2026.

Documents

View the documents on the council's website ↗

Associated applications 3

Part of

Full15 Jun 2018council archive

Conditions variation sought for 2, 8, 10, 16, 17, 19, 23, 26, 28
- VariationVariation of Condition 2This application8 Dec 2025PP/26/01192
- AmendmentNon-material amendment (Variation of Condition 2 to increase the height of the Chelsea Manor…16 Jul 2026NMA/26/03833

Site constraints 10

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 ↗

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.

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: King's Road (east)

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.

13 listed buildings within 150 m of the postcode pin

Nearest: NatWest Bank, Grade II, about 6 m from the postcode pin · 1 Grade II*, 12 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.

Show all 13 with distances

6 mNatWest BankGrade II
39 mChelsea Town HallGrade II
55 mPublic BathsGrade II
73 mOld Vestry Hall (Part of Chelsea Town Hall)Grade II*
104 mFormer Temperance Billiard HallGrade II
109 m195-197, Kings RoadGrade II
112 mK2 Telephone Kiosk at Junction With Britten StreetGrade II
114 mFormer Motorcar GarageGrade II
115 m117-123, Sydney Street Sw3Grade II
139 m205-209, Kings RoadGrade II
140 mViolet Melchett CentreGrade II
144 m1-11, Oakley Street Sw3Grade II
146 m1-31, Margaretta Terrace Sw3Grade II

Historic England ↗

National infrastructure project about 432 m away: Thames Tideway Tunnel

The site is about 432 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 866 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

Registered park or garden about 130 m away: St Luke's Garden; Inside the Kensington and Chelsea built-up area; Public transport access: PTAL 6a (excellent), 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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