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20 Thurloe Square, London, SW7 2SD

PP/25/04514Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 25 September 2025

Council decision: Grant Planning Permission/Consent3 conditions

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Proposal

Reinstatement of sunblinds to front elevation

Received
18 July 2025
Ward
Brompton and Hans Town
  1. Received18 Jul
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.5 Sep
  4. Target2 Oct
  5. Decided25 Sep

Decided in 69 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application at 20 Thurloe Square, London, SW7 2SD. Kensington has handled 5,404 applications of this type. This one was decided in 69 days, 13 days 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.

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
SW7 2SD
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
02
District
Thurloe and Smith's Charity

Planning application dates

Validated
18 July 2025
Consultation expiry
5 September 2025
Consultation end
5 September 2025
Target decision date
2 October 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
76 days

Additional information

Documents
15

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.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    18 Jul

    Reinstatement of sunblinds to front elevation

    ApprovedListed building consentFiled alongsideLB/25/04515
  2. 2025
    18 Jul

    Reinstatement of sunblinds to front elevation

    This applicationApprovedFullPP/25/04514

Planning history at this site

14 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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