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343 and 345 Kensington High Street, London, W8 6NW

PP/26/01469Planning PermissionApproved
Full

Approved on 26 May 2026

Council decision: Grant Planning Permission/Consent5 conditions

Approximate site (title boundary)
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Proposal

Retention of internal refurbishment works to create an enlarged and improved restaurant across the ground floors of No. 343 & 345, including new extractor system with ducting to the rear of No. 345. Change of use of No. 345 from E(a) bakery to E(b) restaurant use. (Part retrospective application.)

Received
30 January 2026
Ward
Abingdon
  1. Received30 Jan
  2. Validated30 Jan
  3. Consult.8 May
  4. Target27 Mar
  5. Decided26 May

Decided in 116 days (council typically 56)

About this application

This is a full planning application for a change of use at 343 and 345 Kensington High Street, London, W8 6NW. Kensington has handled 5,404 applications of this type. This one was decided in 116 days, 9 weeks longer than Kensington's typical decision time. The site is in the Edwards Square, Scarsdale and Abingdon conservation area, with 4 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 157 applications across Abingdon. 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 6NW
Application type
Planning Permission
Scale / size
Small
Parish
01
District
Edwardes Square/ Scarsdale/ Abingdon

Planning application dates

Date validated
30 January 2026
Consultation expiry
8 May 2026
Consultation end
8 May 2026
Target decision date
27 March 2026

Planning decision

Case officer
Lolade Williams
Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Documents
18

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Edwards Square, Scarsdale and Abingdon+1 more
  • Listed building: Grade II: Edwardes PlaceOn or next to 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.

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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© 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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