17-19 Cottesmore Gardens, LONDON, W8 5PR

CON/26/00541All OtherApproved

Discharge / amendments

Approved on 26 May 2026

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Proposal

Details required by Condition 27 (Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP)) of Planning Permission PP/24/01317 (Variation of condition 2 (Compliance with approved drawings) of planning permission PP/22/01399 (Change of use of Nos 17-19 Cottesmore Gardens from education use (Class F1a) to residential use (Class C3) to provide 5 apartments, addition of a mansard roof, partial demolition to the rear and provision of small rear extensions at ground, first and second floors, provision of terraces.) to allow: Relocation of the plant room; Inclusion of air bricks and vents; Amendments to the size of internal lift, internal layout (no changes to the mix of units) Lift overrun at roof level; Changes to fenestration (Major Development)(Conservation Area))

Submitted: 17 December 2025
Council: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea

ReceivedSubmitted17 Dec
ValidatedValidated
Consult.Consultation
TargetTarget Date
DecidedDecided26 May

Decided in 160 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at 17-19 Cottesmore Gardens, LONDON, W8 5PR. Kensington has handled 1,474 applications of this type. This one was decided in 160 days, 15 weeks longer than Kensington's typical decision time. The site is in the De Vere conservation area. There have been 6 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.

95% of all other 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 5PR
Application type: All Other

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
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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Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Kensington

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