39-41 Victoria Road, LONDON, W8 5RJ

CON/25/05709Approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge)Approved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 16 March 2026

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Proposal

Details required by Conditions 23 (acoustic report) and 26 (building services plant) of planning permission 24/01321 (Variation of condition 2 (compliance with approved drawings) of planning permission PP/22/01575 (Change of use of Nos 39-40 Victoria Road from education use (Class F1a) to residential use (Class C3) and continued use of No 41 Victoria Road as residential (Class C3), to provide 8 apartments, addition of a mansard roof, partial demolition to the rear and provision of small rear extensions at ground and first floors, provision of terraces.) to allow:Amendments to the size of the internal lift, internal layout (no changes to the mix of units);Lift overrun at roof level; Additional ventilation grills; Changes and addition to fenestration;Additional steps at the front (Major Development)(Conservation Area)(Setting of listed buildings)

Submitted: 30 October 2025
Council: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

ReceivedSubmitted30 Oct
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided16 Mar

Decided in 137 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 39-41 Victoria Road, LONDON, W8 5RJ. Kensington has handled 673 applications of this type. This one was decided in 137 days, 12 weeks longer than Kensington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 215 applications across Queen's Gate. We hold 2,954 applications in total for the W8 postcode area.

98% of approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge) 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: W8 5RJ
Application type: Approval of details reserved by a condition (discharge)

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: De Vere
Article 4 direction: Article 4 - No 100+1 more
Tree Preservation OrderCovers the site
Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)

Also checked, none recorded (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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, heritage coasts and brownfield registers.

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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Source: Kensington

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