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Basement and Ground Floor Flat, 14 Thurloe Street, London, SW7 2ST

CL/25/05536Certificates Lawful Existing Use or Dev.Withdrawn
Lawful development certificate

Withdrawn on 1 April 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Confirmation that the current and historical use of the Basement and Ground Floor flats (since approx. 2010) is as a holiday and short term letting business (Class C5). (Certificate of Lawful Existing Use)

Received
16 September 2025
Ward
Brompton and Hans Town
  1. Received16 Sep
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.5 Dec
  4. Target16 Dec
  5. Decided1 Apr

Decided in 197 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Basement and Ground Floor Flat, 14 Thurloe Street, London, SW7 2ST. Kensington has handled 290 applications of this type. It was withdrawn 197 days after it was submitted, before a decision was made. The site is in the Thurloe Estate and Smith's Charity conservation area, with 7 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 362 applications across Brompton and Hans Town. We hold 1,522 applications in total for the SW7 postcode area.

86% of amendment applications at Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 8 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
SW7 2ST
Application type
Certificates Lawful Existing Use or Dev.
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
02
District
Thurloe and Smith's Charity

Planning application dates

Validated
16 September 2025
Consultation expiry
5 December 2025
Consultation end
5 December 2025
Target decision date
16 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
91 days

Additional information

Documents
13

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Thurloe/Smith's Charity
  • Listed building: Grade II: 2-18, Thurloe Street Sw7On or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 - No 100
  • Tree Preservation OrderCovers the site
  • Brownfield land register: South Kensington StationRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, green belt, scheduled monuments, World Heritage Sites, World Heritage Site buffer zones, registered parks and gardens, registered battlefields, Heritage at Risk entries, nutrient neutrality catchments, national parks, National Landscapes, SSSIs, Special Areas of Conservation, Special Protection Areas, Ramsar sites, ancient woodland, national nature reserves, local nature reserves and heritage coasts.

A guide only, from official open data; it is not a planning search. Flood zones cover rivers and sea, not surface water.

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© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Source: Kensington

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