Mercure London Kensington, 1A Lexham Gardens, London, W8 6JJ
Approved on 12 May 2026
Council decision: Discharge of Conditions - Grant
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Proposal
Details required by condition 10 (energy centre) of planning?permission 22/03831 (Change of use from hotel accommodation (Use Class C1) to health care facility (Use Class E(e)) together with associated alterations including replacement glazed entrance doors, removal and replacement of shutters with glazing and replacement cladding, and erection of projecting entrance canopy at ground floor level; replacement roofing and glazing across all levels and installation of entrance and way finding signage (Major))
- Received
- 9 December 2025
- Ward
- Abingdon
- ReceivedReceived9 Dec
- ValidatedValidated
- Consult.Consultation17 Apr
- TargetTarget Date3 Feb
- DecidedDecided12 May
Decided in 154 days (council typically 56)
About this application
This is an application to discharge conditions at Mercure London Kensington, 1A Lexham Gardens, London, W8 6JJ. Kensington has handled 1,574 applications of this type. This one was decided in 154 days, 14 weeks longer than Kensington's typical decision time. There have been 5 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 157 applications across Abingdon. We hold 2,954 applications in total for the W8 postcode area.
95% of conditions 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 6JJ
- Application type
- Discharge of Conditions
- Scale / size
- Small
- Parish
- 01
Planning application dates
- Validated
- 9 December 2025
- Consultation expiry
- 17 April 2026
- Consultation end
- 17 April 2026
- Target decision date
- 3 February 2026
Planning decision
- Statutory period
- 56 days
Additional information
- Documents
- 6
Site constraints
Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.
- Conservation area: LexhamNext to the site
- Article 4 direction: Article 4 - No 100
- Tree Preservation OrderNext to 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.
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Planning history at this site
12 other applications at this property, newest first.
- 202620 May
Details required by Condition 10 (Combustion Plant; Energy Centre) of planning permission PP/22/05983
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/26/02745 - 20269 Mar
Details required by Condition 7 (Vehicle 'lay by' to be removed) of planning permission PP/22/03831
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/26/01260 - 20269 Mar
Details required by Condition 14 (scheme of sound insulation) of planning permission PP/22/03831
WithdrawnDischarge of conditionsCON/26/01191 - 202528 Oct
Details required by condition 7 (Ventilation Strategy - Compliance) of planning permission Ref. PP/22/05983
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/25/06451 - 202523 Oct
Details required by condition 8 [Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP), Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP), Photovoltaic…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/25/06376 - 202521 Oct
*****Withdrawn by applicant***** Non-material amendment to planning permission 22/05983
WithdrawnNon-material amendmentNMA/25/06309 - 202520 Oct
Details required by Condition 9 (Combustion Plant; Flue stack height) of planning permission PP/22/05983
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/25/06273 - 20251 Oct
Details required by condition 16 (submission of details - cycle parking) of planning permission PP/22/03831
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/25/05931 - 202529 Sep
Details required by condition 11 [ a) colour of external faces/grilles of equipment and b) biodiversity…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/25/05858 - 202523 Sep
Details required by condition 13 (revised fire strategy prior to occupation) of planning permission Ref…
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/25/05792 - 20259 Sep
Details required by Condition 8 (Delivery and Service Management Plan) of planningpermission PP/22/03831
ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/25/05493 - 202429 May
Installation of 6no. fascia signs with static halo illumination.
ApprovedAdvertisement consentCA/24/03629
Source: Kensington
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