Kensington Forum Hotel public hearing

The Mayor's initial stage 1 and stage 2 reports and decision letters can be downloaded here

• You can download the previous Stage 3 hearing report here along with the previous hearing agenda, previous addendum report , quashed decision notice and previous s106 agreement

A transcript of the previous hearing is also available to download here.

A public consultation was held from 1 May - 5 June 2019 on revisions to the application that are set out below.

Subsequent to the Deputy Mayor’s direction, the applicant submitted revisions to the Application on 1 May 2019 including:

• an increase in the number of residential units from 46 to 62;
• an increase in the height of the seven storey element of the building containing the residential units by two storeys to nine storeys;
• all of the residential units now proposed as affordable;
• internal and external reconfiguration of the residential element of the building;
• other external alterations to the elevational design, including integration of wind mitigation measures; and
• amendments to cycle and refuse storage at ground and basement level.

The applicant’s submission included further environmental information under Regulation 25 of the EIA Regulations in relation to the Environmental Statement submitted with the application.

A consultation period was held from 5 August 2020 until 11 September 2020.

Further amended planning documents have been submitted to the Mayor on 31 July 2020 and were available for the public to make comment on along with the amendments summarised above. You can view these below.

Copies of the amended documents are available to view at the following locations:

• GLA Website:

For the July 2020 documents: https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/kensintgon-forum-hotel-application-documents-july-2020

For the May 2019 documents: https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/kensintgon-forum-hotel-application-documents-may-2019

• Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea website at: http://www.rbkc.gov.uk



If you wish to view the original planning documents, you can view them on the councils website.

This application has been called in by the Secretary of State following the Deputy Mayor’s decision to grant planning permission. The Secretary of State has directed that the application shall be referred to him instead of being dealt with by the Mayor. The Planning Inspectorate are now dealing with the case.

The public inquiry and viewing relevant documentation

The Inspector instructed by the Secretary of State is Paul Griffiths BSc(Hons) BArch IHBC and the inquiry will open at 10.00am on 11th May 2021. The Public Inquiry is currently scheduled 12 sitting days. Interested persons may attend the Inquiry (personally or through a representative) and, at the Inspector's discretion, give their views. Documentation related to the SoS call in will be uploaded to this web page at the appropriate time.