Last night a full planning application for the redevelopment of 2–14 Telford Road and 246–248 Ladbroke Grove in the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea received approval at planning committee. Working together with our client Manak Homes, our proposals make sustainable use of a vacant school site to provide a ground floor nursery and 27 self-contained homes above.

The design has been sensitively developed in consultation with the RBKC planning team. On the ground floor the new children’s nursery retains the site’s existing social and community use class with a linear courtyard to provide a safe and enclosed space for the children to play. Above the nursery, the building will provide homes for up to 90 people in a mixture of 1-bed, 2-bed and 3-bed flats.

Rhythmic recessed bays and finely detailed balustrades all reference characteristics found in Ladbroke Grove’s traditional terraced housing. Curved feature brickwork articulates the entrances and rounded projecting balconies both subtly refer to the corner of ‘The Eagle’, a charming Edwardian pub opposite the site. Glazed brickwork adds a distinct character and is an original feature also found on pubs and houses in the nearby Oxford Gardens Conservation Area.

We are delighted with the result and look forward to next steps. Thank you and congratulations to the whole project team.