Westbourne Grove Planning Statement

All Saints 282-292, Westbourne Grove, Portobello – Planning Statement

The Council is concerned that factually incorrect information is being circulated in relation to planning applications for the All Saints site at 282-292 Westbourne Grove.

The Council wishes to make it absolutely clear that all the applications were handled in accordance with normal planning procedures.

at no time was there an application for a change of use for this site from an antiques arcade to a fashion outlet or to amalgamate the small arcade units into one large unit because neither of these changes requires planning permission.
an antiques arcade is classified as an A1 shop use as is a fashion retailer.
planning consent is not required to amalgamate small units into a larger one, although the Council has lobbied central Government for this legislation to be amended because the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea’s Retail Commission identified that the loss of small shop units was a concern for retail diversity.

Note: A new application for the shop window has been received.

Read the details of this and the previous applications relating to 282-292 Westbourne Grove, Portobello [PDF file] (file size 40Kb )

Statement on the Portobello Road Antiques Market petition

A petition, addressed to Councillor Daniel Moylan, has been received by the Council, with 1,965 signatures and accompanied by 1,780 letters generated from a template.

Click here to read the letter template