Thank you for contacting the RBKC Planning department.
You can search, view and comment on applications using the Planning Applications Search on the council's website. The service is updated regularly, and key milestones and target dates are shown under "Proposal Details".
If you have submitted an application that is still within its statutory determination period, or an agreed extension of time, a progress update may not yet be available. If you need to speak to the planning officer dealing with your application, you can email them directly. Their contact details can be found in:
- your planning application acknowledgement letter
- any emails or letters about your application
For more information about planning applications, planning guidance, planning enforcement and other planning services, visit planning and building control.
Planning advice for your business or property is also available through our pre-application advice.
Designate a neighbourhood forum and area
Designate a neighbourhood forum and neighbourhood area
Neighbourhood forums and areas must be formally designated via applications to us. You can apply to designate a neighbourhood area and neighbourhood forum at the same time.
Designate a neighbourhood forum
Neighbourhood forums are community groups that are designated to take forward neighbourhood planning in areas without parishes.
It’s the Council’s responsibility to agree a neighbourhood forum for the neighbourhood area.
To apply you need:
- the name of your proposed neighbourhood forum
- a map of the neighbourhood area
- contact details of at least one member of the forum that can be made public
- a copy of the organisation’s written constitution
You will also need to provide statement to explain:
- the forum’s purpose is to promote or improve the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of the neighbourhood
- membership is open to anyone who lives or works in the neighbourhood area or is an elected member of the Council
- membership includes a minimum of 21 people who live or work in the neighbourhood area or are an elected member of the Council
- it has a written constitution
Designate a neighbourhood area
A neighbourhood area is the geographical area that a neighbourhood plan or a neighbourhood development order will cover.
If your neighbourhood forum wants to designate a neighbourhood area you will need to apply and providing a:
- map of your proposed neighbourhood area
- statement explaining why the area is appropriate
- statement that you are a designated forum, or capable of being one
Further information is available in Section 61F(5) and 61G(2) TCPA 1990 Act of the regulations