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27 Hereford Square, London, SW7 4NB

LB/26/01315Listed Building ConsentApproved

Approved on 21 May 2026

Council decision: Grant Planning Permission/Consent10 conditions

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Proposal

Front of building - Replacement of lower ground floor window with door and replacement of door with window; Courtyard - Replacement of lower ground floor window with doors and block up adjacent existing door, replace external steps from lower to upper level, replace and widen existing glazed door and window openings at upper ground floor; Rear - Replace modern rear window at third floor with timber casement window; Internal alternations and refurbishment at all floors.

Received
22 January 2026
Ward
Courtfield
  1. Received22 Jan
  2. Validated22 Jan
  3. Consult.1 May
  4. Target19 Mar
  5. Decided21 May

Decided in 119 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a heritage application for window replacement at 27 Hereford Square, London, SW7 4NB. Kensington has handled 1,418 applications of this type. This one was decided in 119 days, 9 weeks longer than Kensington's typical decision time. The site is in the Queen's Gate conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There have been 3 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 191 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 4NB
Application type
Listed Building Consent
Scale / size
Small
Parish
06

Planning application dates

Date validated
22 January 2026
Consultation expiry
1 May 2026
Consultation end
1 May 2026
Target decision date
19 March 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Elisha Belfon Thompson
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
36

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Queen’s Gate+1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: 27-35, Hereford Square Sw7On this site · +1 more
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 - No 100
  • Tree Preservation OrderCovers the site · +1 more
  • 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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Source: Kensington

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