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CON/25/06426

Conditions application at 257-265 Kensington High Street, and 4-10 and 24 Earl's Court Road, London, W8, Kensington. View planning documents, track the decision and get email alerts on updates.

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Details required by Condition 34 (Compliance with Energy Strategy for Blocks 2 and 3 only) of planning permission PP/22/07748 (Variation of condition 1 (Approved drawings), 15 (Telecommunication equipment), 24 (Provision of parking) and 26 (Electric Vehicle Charging Points) of planning permission PP/19/05105 ((**Amended description**) Variation of condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permission PP/14/07276 allowed under appeal ref. APP/K5600/W/15/3010472 (Demolition of the former Post Office delivery office, Whitlock House office building and the cinema building with retention of the cinema fa?ade to Kensington High Street, and construction of a basement and buildings to provide cinema facilities, 63 residential units (including affordable housing units) and associated residential facilities, retail/class D1 and office accommodation, car parking spaces, cycle parking, plant, hard and soft landscaping, public realm improvements and associated works) to allow for :a redesigned single cinema facility providing circa 887 seats (including 12 wheelchair accessible seats) with six screens accessed from Kensington High Street;flexible retail space (Use Class A1/A2/A3/A4/D1 and D2) in place of a residential entrance at ground floor behind the retained cinema facade and on Earls Court Road;106 residential units, including 35 on-site affordable units for elderly people;office space (Use Class B1) accessed from Kensington High Street;car parking within an automated 'stacker' system;design revisions to internal layouts and facades;changes and minor increases to massing of the buildings; andassociated changes to plant, hard and soft landscaping and related works.Summary of changes:Total number of units increased from 98 to 106 with an increase of affordable housing units from 30 to 35;Additional floors added to Block 2/3 (fronting Kensington High Street and Earl's Court Road), and Block 4 (fronting Earl's Court Road/Pembroke Place);Internal reconfiguration of layouts in Block 4) To allow for: Incorporation of new entrance canopy/port-cochere (Block 1); Enlarging roof terrace facing Kensington High Street by setting massing of building further back from the street (Block 2 level 5);Addition of 3 balconies within the internal courtyard (Block 2); Infill massing at level 6 (Block 2/3); Creation of additional office space at basement level below reinstated fa?ade; Excluding the satellite dishes on the roof that are indicated on the drawings from the prohibition in current condition 15; andAmendment to the wording of conditions 24 and 26. (Major Application)(Amended description))

CON/25/06426

Large
Conditions

257-265 Kensington High Street, and 4-10 and 24 Earl's Court Road, London, W8

Submitted28 Oct
Validated
Consultation
Target
Decided11 Mar
8 weeks typical decision time in Kensington100% of conditions applications approved

This is an application to discharge conditions at 257-265 Kensington High Street, and 4-10 and 24 Earl's Court Road, London, W8. Kensington has handled 1,574 applications of this type and approves nearly all of them, typically deciding them in 55 days. This one was decided in 134 days, 11 weeks longer than Kensington's median. The site is in a conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 78 applications across Abingdon.

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Application Details

Reference
CON/25/06426
Address
257-265 Kensington High Street, and 4-10 and 24 Earl's Court Road, London, W8
Local Authority
Kensington
Application Type
Conditions
Scale / Size
Large
Decision Status
Conditions

Applicant & Agent

Planning Application Dates

Consultation Expiry
28 November 2025
Date Decided
11 March 2026
Date Submitted
28 October 2025

Planning Decision

Publicity

Appeal

Additional Information

Coordinates
51.498420, -0.198921

Source: Kensington