16 Hereford Square, London, SW7 4TS

LB/26/00408Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 10 July 2026

Council decision: Grant Planning Permission/Consent4 conditions

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Proposal

Erection of a garden room to the rear garden, installation of air conditioning units and associated landscaping and internal works

Received: 9 December 2025
Council: Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Ward: Courtfield

ReceivedReceived9 Dec
ValidatedValidated27 Jan
Consult.Consultation17 Apr
TargetTarget Date24 Mar
DecidedDecided10 Jul

Decided in 164 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for an outbuilding at 16 Hereford Square, London, SW7 4TS. Kensington has handled 1,418 applications of this type. This one was decided in 213 days, 22 weeks longer than Kensington's typical decision time. The site is in the Queen's Gate conservation area, with 2 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 189 applications across Courtfield. We hold 1,522 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 4TS
Application type: Listed Building Consent
Scale / size: Medium
Parish: 06
District: Queen's Gate

Planning application dates

Date validated: 27 January 2026
Consultation expiry: 17 April 2026
Consultation end: 17 April 2026
Target decision date: 24 March 2026

Planning decision

Case officer: Ellie Cooke
Statutory period: 105 days

Additional information

Documents: 18

Site constraints

Checking the site

2/3

Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

Conservation area: Queen’s Gate
Listed building: Grade II: 10-23, Hereford Square 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.

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Planning history at this site

6 other applications at this property, newest first.

Source: Kensington

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