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7 Kensington High Street, London, W8 5NP

PP/25/06277Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 29 May 2026

4 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Change of use of the basement level from Class E (restaurant/breakfast room) to Class C1 (hotel use) comprising of 10 guest rooms, together with associated internal alterations.

Received
20 October 2025
Ward
Queen's Gate
  1. Received20 Oct
  2. Validated
  3. Consult.21 Nov
  4. Target15 Dec
  5. Decided29 May

Decided in 221 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 7 Kensington High Street, London, W8 5NP. Kensington has handled 5,404 applications of this type. This one was decided in 221 days, 24 weeks longer than Kensington's typical decision time. The site is in a conservation area, with 8 listed buildings nearby. There has been 1 other application at this address. In the past year there have been 215 applications across Queen's Gate. We hold 2,967 applications in total for the W8 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
W8 5NP
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
14
District
Kensington Court

Planning application dates

Validated
20 October 2025
Consultation expiry
21 November 2025
Consultation end
21 November 2025
Target decision date
15 December 2025

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
14

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Kensington Court
  • 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.

Data © Crown copyright and others · sources and licences

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© Historic England 2026. Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026. The Historic England GIS Data contained in this material was obtained on 2026-11-03. The most publicly available up to date Historic England GIS Data can be obtained from HistoricEngland.org.uk.

© 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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Source: Kensington

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