The Royal Borough handles over 5,000 planning applications each
year and is committed to being professional, adaptable and
transparent in all its dealings with its customers, providing high
quality, unbiased advice at all times.
PLEASE NOTE THAT THE COUNCIL ACCEPTS OBJECTIONS AND COMMENTS ON
APPLICATIONS IN HARD COPY OR BY EMAIL, BUT WE ENCOURAGE
ANYONE INTERESTED IN MAKING A COMMENT TO USE OUR
ONLINE FORM, WHICH CAN BE ACCESSED DIRECTLY FROM THE
APPLICATION DETAILS PAGE. THIS FORM IS QUICKER FOR YOU TO USE AND
ENSURES THAT YOUR COMMENTS ARE DEALT WITH IN A TIMELY WAY AND
ALLOCATED TO THE CORRECT APPLICATION.
WE DO NOT ACCEPT OBJECTIONS BY FAX.
Privacy
You are advised that the Council stores all comments received
about applications electronically and may make them publicly
available on the Internet. If you object to this, you should
clearly say so at the beginning of your letter. Even if we do not
publish your letter in this way, please note that we will still
store it electronically in our back office systems.
Consultations
The consultation webpage contains up
to date information on the current policy documents consultations
along with consultations on conservation area proposals and
neighbourhood plans. It also gives information on consultation
events and recently closed consultations.
Please note that this webpage is not about consultation
on planning applications. For information about
consultation on planning applications please go to the 'during your application' webpage.
Ministerial Statement: Promoting
Regeneration
On 9 May the Communities Secretary Eric Pickles issued a written
Ministerial Statement on "promoting regeneration". This
included a number of meaures, largely related to freeing up
planning regulations and removing the need for planning permission
for certain changes of use. An intial assessment of the
implications of the proposed changes for the Royal Borough can be
read below.
Permitted development rights for change of use from commercial
to residential. Request for exemption
On 24 January 2013 the Government announced its intention to
change planning regulations to remove the need for planning
permission for changes of use from offices to residential. These
new rights will initially be time-limited for a period of three
years, with the Government considering in 2016 whether they should
be extended indefinitely.
This Council has sought a borough-wide exemption
as explained in the response
webpage. This exemption has been agreed by the
Government. A copy of the map showing the exempted area can
be viewed on the
CLG's website.
Permitted development rights for changes of use of shops,
estate agents, restaurants, cafes and offices
The Government have also announced that they intend to change
planning regulations to allow greater flexibility with regard the
use of premises as shops, estate agents, restaurants, cafes and
offices. Details of these proposals can be read on the CLGs
website, set out within the section titled, "getting empty
town centre buildings back into use."
A unit can convert to or from any of these uses - for a two year
period - without the need for planning permission. The Government
have provided few details, but our understanding is that the unit
will revert to its original use at the end of that two
year period. There is no suggestion that the proposals will
only revert to empty buildings.
There is no opportunity for a Council to opt out of these
proposals, which we expect to be 'made live' at the end of May
2013.
Redevelopment of the Earl's Court Exhibition Centre Site,
Warwick Road, London SW5 9TA
We have now received additional information for the planning
application for the redevelopment of the Earl’s Court Exhibition
Centre which can be viewed together with full details of the
development proposals on the Earl's
Court Application page.
To comment, please write to us quoting reference
PP/11/01937 or email planning@rbkc.gov.uk
also quoting the same reference.
Community Infrastructure Levy
The Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) is a
new power which enables a charge to be levied on the net increase
in gross internal area floorspace arising from development in order
to fund infrastructure that is needed to support development in the
area.
The Royal Borough is currently consulting on
rates for CIL within the borough. Further information is
available on the consultations
webpage.
The Mayor of London has introduced a CIL for
Greater London for which a charge of £50/m2 will be levied in the
Royal Borough, although medical/health services and
schools/colleges have a zero or nil charge (£0/m2) from
1 April 2012. For further information visit our
dedicated CIL webpage.
Planning Direct
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news please go to Planning
Direct.
Help with technical jargon
We are aware that planning is a highly technical area and
although we do our best to avoid jargon, throughout our pages you
will find several technical phrases. To find out what these mean,
see our Planning
Glossary [PDF] (file size 74Kb)
Contact numbers
You can always contact us on our planning help line, 020 7361
3012 but for emergency contact out of normal office hours for
dangerous buildings or fallen trees, please call 020 7361 3000
Page last updated: 13/05/2013