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55 St Charles Square, London, W10 6EN

PP/25/04984Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 21 October 2025

Council decision: Grant Planning Permission/Consent10 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Modifications to rear extension on lower and upper ground floors, with an extended side creating a terrace at ground floor and internal space at lower ground floor. Relocation of one rooflight on main roof. Replacement of two windows on rear elevation with double glazed timber sash units within existing openings. Removal of some external pipework. Amalgamation of the existing substandard studio into the main house.

Received
15 August 2025
Ward
St Helen's
  1. Received15 Aug
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.10 Oct
  4. Target7 Nov
  5. Decided21 Oct

Decided in 67 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a rear extension at 55 St Charles Square, London, W10 6EN. Kensington has handled 5,404 applications of this type. This one was decided in 67 days, 11 days longer than Kensington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 97 applications across St Helen's. We hold 1,366 applications in total for the W10 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
W10 6EN
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Medium
Parish
17
District
Oxford Gardens

Planning application dates

Validated
15 August 2025
Consultation expiry
10 October 2025
Consultation end
10 October 2025
Target decision date
7 November 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
84 days

Additional information

Documents
39

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Oxford Gardens
  • 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 (21)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, 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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© Natural England copyright. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© Environment Agency copyright and/or database right 2026. All rights reserved. Flood Map for Planning, Open Government Licence v3.0.

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Associated applications

  1. 2025
    3 Oct

    Verification Order required following the amalgamation of the residential units at the property into one…

    ApprovedSNN Verification OrderRelatedSNN/25/05738
  2. 2025
    15 Aug

    Modifications to rear extension on lower and upper ground floors, with an extended side creating a terrace at…

    This applicationApprovedFullPP/25/04984

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