Projects trundle slowly on through the planning process, occasionally nudged by community comment. Two further applications for permitted development change of use from office to residential, reflecting the falling demand for sub-prime office space.
Glen House 22-24 Glenthorne Road: February 2025 application for confirmation of permitted development status for conversion of upper 2 floors of ground+4-storey block on corner of Hammersmith Grove and Glenthorne Road. Meeting with LBHF 3 April arranged by HGRA will also address 26-28 Hammersmith Grove as below. (2025/00225/PMA56)
The Aircraft Factory, Cambridge Grove: March 2025 application for confirmation of permitted development status for change of use, from office to residential use providing
76 units: 44 1-bed, 18 2-bed, 10 3-bed, 4 4-bed. Application under review. (2025/00713/PMA56)
26-28 Hammersmith Grove: substantial residential development proposed to replace the earlier hotel development scheme, which won consent at planning appeal in October 2022. Revised proposals following a meeting with LBHF and the developer late 2024 offer little improvement, and include 4 residential blocks of 5,8,12 and 14 floors respectively. Further discussion required with LBHF.
2 Queen Caroline Street: planning application submitted for a 14 storey block next door to the Irish Cultural Centre, providing 179 student rooms and supporting facilities, with community space at ground floor likely accommodate library space and a public café for the Irish Cultural Centre. Comments in preparation following recent meeting with the developer team. (PA 2024/03210/FUL)
12 Wellesley Avenue: planning application submitted for a residential development of 3 houses with a further detached house at the rear. Our further, third, comment letter to LBHF 10.3.25 supports the proposed parking arrangements – favourable but non-committal response received from LBHF. (PA ref 2024.02699/FUL)
Grove House 27 Hammersmith Grove: July 2024 planning application still in process for the conversion of the existing office building to a hotel with a work-hub and coffee bar at ground floor available for public use. The scheme could bring a welcome asset for the neighbourhood; there are concerns at the impact of traffic servicing the hotel on surrounding residential streets, and the need to minimise the disturbance from noise, light spillage and overlooking from hotel activities on the Overstone Road houses in very close proximity at the rear. (PA ref2024/01586/FUL).
Ravenscourt Park Hospital: further drawings recently submitted include amendments to transport arrangements and improvements to the external elevations of the new block adjacent to Ravenscourt Square.
Richard Winterton, Planning Co-ordinator, 26th March 2025