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20 Thurloe Square, London, SW7 2SD

LB/24/06031Listed Building ConsentApproved
Discharge / amendments

Approved on 14 March 2025

Council decision: Grant Planning Permission/Consent

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Proposal

Variation of condition 2 (approved drawings) of listed building consent 24/03507 to allow the installation of timber French doors at rear; and the modification to adjacent steps

Received
6 September 2024
Ward
Brompton and Hans Town
  1. Received6 Sep
  2. Validated13 Sep
  3. Consult.11 Oct
  4. Target8 Nov
  5. Decided14 Mar

Decided in 182 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application at 20 Thurloe Square, London, SW7 2SD. Kensington has handled 1,418 applications of this type. This one was decided in 189 days, 19 weeks longer than Kensington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 16 listed buildings nearby. There have been 6 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 362 applications across Brompton and Hans Town. We hold 1,529 applications in total for the SW7 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
SW7 2SD
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
02
District
Thurloe and Smith's Charity

Planning application dates

Date validated
13 September 2024
Consultation expiry
11 October 2024
Consultation end
11 October 2024
Target decision date
8 November 2024
Committee meeting
11 March 2025

Applicant and agent

Applicant
Private applicant
Agent address
Studio 17 16 Porteus Place London SW4 0AS

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
11

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: 12-22, Alexander Place 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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Planning history at this site

15 other applications at this property, newest first.

  1. 2026
    5 Jun

    Details required by condition 3a (submission of details - sample) of listed building consent LB/26/01331

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/26/02976
  2. 2026
    18 Mar

    Details required by Condition 3 (submission of details - a) Details of design, materials and finish of…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/26/01389
  3. 2026
    2 Feb

    Details required by condition 5a, 5b, 5c: (Submission of details - a) new trellis, including detail at a…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/26/00099
  4. 2026
    2 Feb

    Details required by condition 3a, 3b, 3c: (submission of details - a) new trellis, including detail at a…

    ApprovedDischarge of conditionsCON/26/00096
  5. 2026
    26 Jan

    Replace existing non-original front entrance steps with new historically sympathetic limestone steps.

    ApprovedPlanning PermissionPP/26/01330
  6. 2026
    26 Jan

    Replace existing non-original front entrance steps with new historically sympathetic limestone steps.

    ApprovedListed building consentLB/26/01331

Source: Kensington

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