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Kensington and Chelsea Local Plan: adopted policies and emerging plans

The council adopted its replacement Local Plan on 24 July 2024. The 2019 plan is explicitly superseded. Use the July 2024 policies map, the relevant neighbourhood plan and current design guidance; check online-map currency against the adopted PDF before relying on a boundary.

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Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea, England
Official sources checked
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Review status
AI-assisted source check. Professional planning review not completed.

Check the planning authority first

The Royal Borough is the local planning authority listed by the GLA. Check the administrative boundary carefully for a large Earl’s Court or West Kensington site; a single regeneration project can contain land outside this borough.

Norland and St Quintin and Woodlands have neighbourhood plans identified by the council as part of the development plan for their areas. The site boundary, rather than the neighbourhood name in an address, determines whether that extra layer applies.

Adopted development-plan documents

Read the relevant policy wording and map together. An unverified date is a gap in this profile, not a finding that a document has no legal effect.

  • London Plan 2021

    Adopted. March 2021 published plan.

    London-wide strategic policies; the current GLA page labels the March 2021 published plan adopted.

    Plan period and recorded dates
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    Not verified
    Adopted or made
    Exact date not verified
    Separate effective date
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  • Kensington and Chelsea Local Plan 2024

    Adopted. July 2024.

    Adopted .

    Current borough policy document, provided with the July 2024 Policies Map and adoption statements. The older 2019 full document and sectional downloads remain on the page as superseded material; do not treat their continued availability as current policy.

    Plan period and recorded dates
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  • Norland and St Quintin and Woodlands neighbourhood plans

    Adopted. Both listed as development-plan documents for their areas.

    Additional local policies within the respective neighbourhood boundaries. Exact making dates and plan periods were not independently checked here; follow the council neighbourhood-plan links before applying either document to a site.

    Plan period and recorded dates
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Policies maps and site boundaries

Start from the July 2024 Policies Map linked alongside the adopted plan. Keep it distinct from the older Local Plan Proposals Map still offered under the superseded 2019 section.

The search-indexed policy page carried a warning about map availability and currency after a cyber-attack, but that notice was not reproduced in the downloaded live page. Check the adopted July 2024 PDF and obtain council confirmation of any uncertain boundary; this profile does not certify interactive-map accuracy.

Emerging plans and examination progress

The Inspector’s report was received on 5 July 2024 and adoption followed on 24 July 2024. The historic examination and Regulation 18/19 consultation links on the website concern that completed review.

No separate replacement borough-plan consultation was established from the current policy and consultation registers checked. That is a recorded evidence limit, not a claim that the council will undertake no further review.

Current guidance has moved on since the plan: the April 2026 SPD register confirms two March 2026 adoptions. Use those outcomes to resolve older consultation pages that still contain draft wording.

    Published milestones and events

    Check the official programme before attending a hearing or relying on a deadline. A consultation, hearing or inspector's report is distinct from adoption. This page is a checked snapshot, not a live calendar.

    Local design and supporting guidance

    For work to an existing home, check the Basements, Access Design, Trees and Development and Greening SPDs as relevant. They address different aspects of a proposal and do not substitute for the Local Plan heritage or amenity policies.

    Place-specific guidance includes Earl’s Court, Kensal Canalside, Lots Road South and Latimer Road. Match the site to the relevant document boundary before relying on a design code or regeneration framework.

    • Basements SPD

      Supporting guidance. Adopted April 2016.

      Adopted .

      Borough supporting guidance for basement proposals. Read it with the 2024 Local Plan and relevant heritage and tree guidance, rather than treating the SPD as a separate permission or a replacement policy document.

      Plan period and recorded dates
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    • Designing Out Crime SPD

      Supporting guidance. March 2026 adopted guidance.

      Adopted .

      Guidance on crime prevention in design. The council consultation outcome confirms adoption and changes on security standards, historic context, landscaping, lighting and management; the old consultation title does not mean the document remains draft.

      Plan period and recorded dates
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      Not verified
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      Separate effective date
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    • Earl’s Court Shopfront Design Guide SPD

      Supporting guidance. March 2026 adopted guide.

      Adopted .

      Place-specific shopfront guidance. The current SPD register confirms adoption even though the earlier consultation portal still presents the historic exercise as a draft consultation.

      Plan period and recorded dates
      Plan period
      Not verified
      Adopted or made
      Separate effective date
      Not verified

    Design guidance does not establish that work is permitted development. Check the national rules, planning conditions and any relevant local restrictions.

    What to do for your property

    1. Use the 2024 plan and map and archive any 2019 working copies.
    2. Confirm map currency with the council where the interactive layer and adopted PDF disagree.
    3. Check the relevant neighbourhood-plan area and cross-borough boundary.
    4. Use the April 2026 SPD register to select the adopted edition of each relevant guide.

    Keep the document versions, maps and date of your check with your project notes. A boundary, policy conflict or transition may need assessment by the relevant authority or a suitably qualified planning professional.

    Sources, review and changes

    These AI-assisted checks cover published document identity, status, dates and links. They do not decide how policy applies to an individual site, and professional planning review has not been completed.

    Source-check dates describe when we inspected the source. They do not renew automatically when the website is rebuilt. We link to official documents without claiming a licence over them or republishing them.

    Official source register (8 sources)

    First published . Recorded adopted and emerging documents, source dates and stated gaps.

    Report a correction with this page and an official source link.

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