257-265 Kensington High Street, and 4-10 and 24 Earl's Court Road, LONDON, W8

What is being proposed

Details required by Part 1 of Condition 55 (Privacy screens) of planning permission PP/22/07748 (Variation of condition 1 (Approved drawings), 15 (Telecommunication equipment), 24 (Provision of parking) and 26 (Electric Vehicle Charging Points) of planning permission PP/19/05105 ((**Amended description**) Variation of condition 2 (approved drawings) of planning permission PP/14/07276 allowed under appeal ref. APP/K5600/W/15/3010472 (Demolition of the former Post Office delivery office, Whitlock House office building and the cinema building with retention of the cinema fa‡ade to Kensington High Street, and construction of a basement and buildings to provide cinema facilities, 63 residential units (including affordable housing units) and associated residential facilities, retail/class D1 and office accommodation, car parking spaces, cycle parking, plant, hard and soft landscaping, public realm improvements and associated works) to allow for :a redesigned single cinema facility providing circa 887 seats (including 12 wheelchair accessible seats) with six screens accessed from Kensington High Street;flexible retail space (Use Class A1/A2/A3/A4/D1 and D2) in place of a residential entrance at ground floor behind the retained cinema facade and on Earls Court Road;106 residential units, including 35 on-site affordable units for elderly people;office space (Use Class B1) accessed from Kensington High Street;car parking within an automated 'stacker' system;design revisions to internal layouts and facades;changes and minor increases to massing of the buildings; andassociated changes to plant, hard and soft landscaping and related works.Summary of changes:Total number of units increased from 98 to 106 with an increase of affordable housing units from 30 to 35;Additional floors added to Block 2/3 (fronting Kensington High Street and Earl's Court Road), and Block 4 (fronting Earl's Court Road/Pembroke Place);Internal reconfiguration of layouts in Block 4) To allow for: Incorporation of new entrance canopy/port-cochere (Block 1); Enlarging roof terrace facing Kensington High Street by setting massing of building further back from the street (Block 2 level 5);Addition of 3 balconies within the internal courtyard (Block 2); Infill massing at level 6 (Block 2/3); Creation of additional office space at basement level below reinstated fa‡ade; Excluding the satellite dishes on the roof that are indicated on the drawings from the prohibition in current condition 15; andAmendment to the wording of conditions 24 and 26. (Major Application)(Amended description))

Description as published by Kensington and Chelsea.

What this could mean for you

These are the effects a proposal like this most often raises. Each one is a material planning consideration, so each can form the basis of a comment.

• Noise and disturbance
• Overlooking and loss of privacy
• Parking pressure
• Traffic and access
• Trees and landscaping

Derived automatically from the proposal wording. Read the full application before relying on it.

Timeline

1. Received

   28 Oct 2025 · Submitted to the council

2. Validated

   28 Oct 2025 · Checked and published

3. Comments close

   28 Nov 2025 · Last day to have your say

4. Decision due

   Not yet · Target date, often slips

5. Decided

   Not yet · Outcome published

Key facts

Reference

CON/25/06424

Authority

Kensington and Chelsea

Address

257-265 Kensington High Street, and 4-10 and 24 Earl's Court Road, LONDON, W8

Postcode

Not given

Type

Conditions and amendments

Scale

Minor

Applicant

Not published

Agent

Not published

Received

28 Oct 2025

Decision due

Not given

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