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Bentley Court 72 - 74 Kensington Gardens Square London W2 4DQ

26/02438/CLEUDCertificate of Lawfulness (existing)Approved
Lawful development certificate

Approved on 8 May 2026

Site boundary (council red line)

Proposal

Confirmation that basement level in use as 3 residential flats (Class C3).

Received
14 April 2026
Ward
Bayswater
Agent
Rolfe Judd Planning Ltd
  1. Received14 Apr
  2. Validated14 Apr
  3. Consult.
  4. Target9 Jun
  5. Decided8 May

Decided in 24 days (council typically 49)

About this application

This is an application to amend a permission at Bentley Court 72 - 74 Kensington Gardens Square London W2 4DQ. Westminster has handled 604 applications of this type. This one was decided in 24 days, 4 weeks quicker than Westminster's typical decision time. The site is in the Bayswater conservation area, with 5 listed buildings nearby. There are no previous applications recorded at this address. In the past year there have been 49 applications across Bayswater. We hold 3,417 applications in total for the W2 postcode area.

88% of amendment applications at City of Westminster were approved. Across all application types, the council typically decides in about 7 weeks (median).

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Application details

Postcode
W2 4DQ
Application type
Certificate of Lawfulness (existing)
Scale / size
Small

Planning application dates

Date validated
14 April 2026
Target decision date
9 June 2026

Applicant and agent

Agent
Rolfe Judd Planning Ltd
Agent address
Old Church Court Claylands Road London SW8 1NZ United Kingdom

Planning decision

Statutory period
56 days

Additional information

Planning Portal ID
PP-14395073
Comments
0
Documents
5

Site constraints

Checking the site
2/3
Council recordsAppealsFlood risk

Designations that overlap or adjoin the site outline.

  • Conservation area: Bayswater
  • Listed building: Flat 1 63 Kensington Gardens Square London W2 4DGOn or next to this site
  • Article 4 direction: Article 4 Basement Development Permitted Rights Removed
  • Flood zone 1: Low probability (rivers and sea)
Also checked, none recorded (22)

flood storage areas, listed buildings, tree preservation orders, 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

Contains public sector information from planning.data.gov.uk (MHCLG and local planning authorities), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

© 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.

Contains Ordnance Survey data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Office for National Statistics licensed under the Open Government Licence v.3.0. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.

Source: Westminster

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