Royal College Of Art, Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2EU Data via plota.co.uk
Proposal
This Council is asked for its observations on an application submitted to Westminster City Council for: Roof extension to the Gulbenkian building and reinstatement of main entrance with new glazed opening and associated access ramp; introduction of new link bridge between Darwin and Frayling buildings; minor extension and new external link stair to the Frayling building; reinstatement and refurbishment of the Darwin glasshouse structure and amendments to the entrance on Jay Mews; installation of plant including ASHPs on the roof of Darwin and associated works across the buildings; repair work to building facades and roofs including removal of Reinforced Autoclaved Aerated Concrete (RAAC) and replacement roofs to the Henry Moore Gallery and Stevens Building; refurbishment of roof terraces including new edge protection where required; other external works including the refurbishment and repair of facades; landscaping works to include extended podium entrance to Darwin Building, seating and planters; and other associated works. (Linked with ) Data via plota.co.uk
Application progress
Approved on 28 Oct 2025 · Last checked 23 Oct 2026
Site constraints 13
Show all 14 with distances
- 13 m1, Kensington High Street W8Grade II
- 17 mK6 telephone kiosk by the south-west entrance to Kensington GardensGrade II
- 23 mEntrance Gates to Kensington PalaceGrade II
- 59 mMilestone HotelGrade II
- 63 m46, Kensington Court W8Grade II
- 67 mThe Milestone HotelGrade II
- 71 m3-15, Kensington Court W8Grade II
- 82 m48, Kensington CourtGrade II
- 88 mOld Barrack Block at Kensington PalaceGrade II
- 88 mGates and Gatepiers
- 90 mGates and GatepiersGrade II
- 127 m1, Palace Green W8Grade II*
- 142 m9, Young StreetGrade II
- 144 m16-21, Kensington Court W8Grade II
Checked on 2 November 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
- Observations for neighbouring Authority
- Postcode
- SW7 2EU
- Received
- 10 Oct 2025
- Validated
- 10 Oct 2025
- Ward
- Outside Borough
- Case officer
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- Target decision
- 31 Oct 2025
- Decision
- Granted
- Decision date
- 28 Oct 2025
- Applicant
- Show
How this decision compares
Decided in 18 days from validation, 60 days faster than Kensington and Chelsea's median of 78 for full applications. Approved, as 94% of full applications here are.
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- 7 Nov 2025
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47 previous applications on record - archival context, not part of the live application.
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