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Public House, 326 Earl's Court Road, London, SW5 9BQ

PP/25/02653Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 16 July 2025

Council decision: Grant Planning Permission/Consent13 conditions

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Proposal

Partial change of use, refurbishment and extension of building retaining public house (Sui Generis) at basement and ground floor levels and creating hotel (Class C1) with 23 guest rooms at upper floors (including duplex family suite with two ensuite bedrooms).

Received
25 April 2025
Ward
Earl's Court
  1. Received25 Apr
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.6 Jun
  4. Target20 Jun
  5. Decided16 Jul

Decided in 82 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at Public House, 326 Earl's Court Road, London, SW5 9BQ. Kensington has handled 5,404 applications of this type. This one was decided in 82 days, 4 weeks longer than Kensington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 3 listed buildings nearby. There have been 4 other applications at this address. In the past year there have been 84 applications across Earl's Court. We hold 368 applications in total for the SW5 postcode area.

92% of full 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
SW5 9BQ
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Large
Parish
08
District
Earls Court Square

Planning application dates

Validated
25 April 2025
Consultation expiry
6 June 2025
Consultation end
6 June 2025
Target decision date
20 June 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
164

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Earl's Court Square
  • Listed building: Grade II: The BoltonsOn this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 - No 100+1 more
  • 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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