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17 Alexander Square, LONDON, SW3 2AX

LB/24/01586LB (Listed Building)Approved
Listed building consent

Approved on 3 May 2024

Council decision: Grant Planning Permission/Consent

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Internal refurbishment and adjustment to layout throughout property. Provision of new services throughout, including new external condenser unit within existing water tank on roof.

Received
11 March 2024
Ward
Brompton and Hans Town
  1. Received11 Mar
  2. Validated11 Mar
  3. Consult.5 Apr
  4. Target6 May
  5. Decided3 May

Decided in 53 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 17 Alexander Square, LONDON, SW3 2AX. Kensington has handled 1,418 applications of this type. This one was decided in 53 days, 3 days quicker than Kensington's typical decision time. The site is in the Thurloe Estate and Smith's Charity conservation area, with 15 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 362 applications across Brompton and Hans Town. We hold 1,788 applications in total for the SW3 postcode area.

93% of heritage 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
SW3 2AX
Application type
LB (Listed Building)
Scale / size
Small
Parish
02
District
Thurloe and Smith's Charity

Planning application dates

Date validated
11 March 2024
Consultation expiry
5 April 2024
Consultation end
5 April 2024
Target decision date
6 May 2024

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Jones Lambell Ellis Studio
Agent address
Studio 2 One Eastfields Avenue Riverside Quarter Wandsworth, London SW18 1FQ

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
28

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Thurloe/Smith's Charity
  • Listed building: Grade II: 2-8, South Terrace Sw7On or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 - No 100
  • Tree Preservation OrderCovers the site
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (20)

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, 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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© 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

1 other application at this property, newest first.

  1. 2025
    16 Jul

    17 Alexander Square - Discharge of conditions for lighting

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/25/04448

Source: Kensington

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