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South Kensington Underground Station; 20-48 (even) and 36-46 (odd) Thurloe Street; 1-9 (odd) Pelham Street; 20-34 Thurloe Square, London, SW7 2ND

CON/26/03669Approved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 25 September 2026

Council decision: Discharge of Conditions - Grant

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Details required by condition 13 (CTMP only in relation to proposed enabling works to 34 Thurloe Street) of planning permission PP/20/03216 allowed under appeal ref: APP/K5600/W/22/3300872 (Mixed use development of the land around South Kensington Station providing for: the demolition and redevelopment of the Bullnose (including Use Classes A1, A2, A3 and B1), demolition and fa?ade retention of the Thurloe Street Building, refurbishment of the retail facades along Thurloe Street, refurbishment of the Arcade, construction of a building along Pelham Street comprising of residential use (Use Class C3), retail use (A1, A2 and A3), and Office use (use Class B1), construction of a building along Thurloe Square to provide for Use Class C3, alterations to South Kensington Station to provide for Step-free access to the District and Circle Lines and fire escape, including consequential alterations to the layout of the Ticket Hall, construction of two retail facades within the Subway, and ot...

Received
7 July 2026
Ward
Brompton and Hans Town
  1. Received7 Jul
  2. Validated7 Jul
  3. Consult.7 Aug
  4. Target1 Sep
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 80 days

About this application

This is a planning application for demolition at South Kensington Underground Station; 20-48 (even) and 36-46 (odd) Thurloe Street; 1-9 (odd) Pelham Street; 20-34 Thurloe Square, London, SW7 2ND. Kensington has handled 18,569 applications of this type. This one was decided in 80 days, 3 weeks longer than Kensington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 2 other applications at this address. We hold 1,522 applications in total for the SW7 postcode area.

Application details

Postcode
SW7 2ND

Planning application dates

Date validated
7 July 2026
Consultation end
7 August 2026
Target decision date
1 September 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Martin Lomas

Additional information

UPRN
217065206

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Thurloe/Smith's CharityPart of the site
  • Listed building: Grade II: South Kensington Underground StationOn this site · +4 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 - No 100+2 more
  • Tree Preservation OrderPart of the site
  • Brownfield land register: South Kensington StationRegister site at or near this address · +1 more
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (19)

flood storage areas, 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 and heritage coasts.

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

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© 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.

Source: Kensington

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