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Mercure London Kensington, 1A Lexham Gardens, LONDON, W8 6JJ

CON/26/01260All OtherApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 12 May 2026

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Details required by Condition 7 (Vehicle 'lay by' to be removed) of planning permission PP/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))

Submitted
9 March 2026
  1. Received9 Mar
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.
  4. Target
  5. Decided12 May

Decided in 64 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a planning application for a change of use at Mercure London Kensington, 1A Lexham Gardens, LONDON, W8 6JJ. Kensington has handled 1,474 applications of this type. This one was decided in 64 days, 8 days longer than Kensington's typical decision time. There have been 6 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 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 6JJ
Application type
All Other

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Associated applications

  1. 2026
    9 Mar

    Details required by Condition 14 (scheme of sound insulation) of planning permission PP/22/03831

    WithdrawnDischarge of conditionsFiled alongsideCON/26/01191
  2. 2026
    9 Mar

    Details required by Condition 7 (Vehicle 'lay by' to be removed) of planning permission PP/22/03831

    This applicationApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/26/01260

Planning history at this site

11 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    20 May

    Details required by Condition 10 (Combustion Plant; Energy Centre) of planning permission PP/22/05983

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/26/02745
  2. 2025
    9 Dec

    Details required by condition 10 (energy centre) of planning?permission 22/03831

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/26/00404
  3. 2025
    28 Oct

    Details required by condition 7 (Ventilation Strategy - Compliance) of planning permission Ref. PP/22/05983

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/25/06451
  4. 2025
    23 Oct

    Details required by condition 8 [Air Source Heat Pumps (ASHP), Ground Source Heat Pumps (GSHP), Photovoltaic…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/25/06376
  5. 2025
    21 Oct

    *****Withdrawn by applicant***** Non-material amendment to planning permission 22/05983

    WithdrawnNon-material amendmentNMA/25/06309
  6. 2025
    20 Oct

    Details required by Condition 9 (Combustion Plant; Flue stack height) of planning permission PP/22/05983

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/25/06273

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