233 Kensington High Street, London, W8 6SF Data via plota.co.uk

Consultation CA/26/04448
Date received
21 Aug 2026
Date validated
21 Aug 2026
Postcode
W8 6SF

Description

Replacement of shopfront with a heritage-style rounded frontage with glazed panels and hardwood timber frames. Relocation of entrance door to left side of fa?ade. Repainting of fa?ade in blue, with bronze ironmongery to entrance door. Installation of 2no. non-illuminated fascia signs - brass fret cut lettering - on front and side of shopfront. Application of gold lettering to glazed panels above and to right side of entrance door. Installation of 2no. illuminated digital screens - to front and side shop window. Application of painted signage Burglar Bill, on flank wall. No change of use is proposed. Data via plota.co.uk

Last checked

Decision outlook

Plota predicts a decision between 21 Oct 2026 and 20 Nov 2026, from Kensington and Chelsea's recent shopfronts.

Day 24 of the 56-day target. Kensington and Chelsea usually decides shopfronts by day 75.

Day 2451 days to the predicted decision (day 75)
38%decided within 8 weeks
95%approved
89decided in the last year

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

Site constraints 8

Edwards Square/Scarsdale & Abingdon 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 Named permitted development rights are withdrawn here.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.
Archaeological priority area: The APA covers the high-ground of the gravel spur and slopes of Campden Hill
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 ↗
Town centre: Kensington High Street
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
Inside the Kensington and Chelsea built-up area.
Not affected
Outside flood zones 2 and 3 · Not green belt · No scheduled monument at the site

Checked on 11 September 2026. Historic England, the Environment Agency, Natural England 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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Kensington and Chelsea
Planning Authority Score
5.1/10
Average
#144 of 296 councils
Relevant to this application:
Change of use

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%).

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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