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Kingston Upon Thames · Viability

What development costs here.

Kingston Upon Thames charges £316/m² residential CIL in its top zone — 16th of 33 London boroughs; a consent here carries 6.4 conditions on average (5th heaviest of 19) and takes 9 weeks to decide (17th slowest of 32). We hold 157 of its s106 agreements and 28 viability assessments — the deeds and the numbers, not a rate table.

  • CIL: highest Kensington And Chelsea £1,132/m², lowest Bexley £91/m² · Kingston Upon Thames £316/m².
  • Conditions: heaviest Hillingdon 7.9, lightest Westminster 3.3 per consent · Kingston Upon Thames 6.4.
  • Decision time: slowest Camden 15 wks, fastest Barking And Dagenham 8 wks · Kingston Upon Thames 9 wks.
  • s106 per agreement (deeds read so far, ≥10 per borough): highest Croydon £700k median, lowest Kingston Upon Thames £950 · Kingston Upon Thames £950 (28 read).
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At a glance · what it costs · Kingston Upon Thames vs London
£316/m²
CIL · residential
top zone · 4 zones · 16th highest of 33
6.4
Conditions per consent
2,111 consents read · 5th heaviest of 19
9 wks
Decision time
median, 8,819 decisions · 17th slowest of 32
157
s106 agreements on file
54 read · 28 with a £ total
28
Viability assessments on file
10 read · 4 say unviable
Community Infrastructure Levy · Kingston Upon Thames

The borough's charging schedule by zone and use, indexed where the council publishes an indexed figure, plus Mayoral CIL. Source: the council's CIL page.

Zone
Use
Borough CIL
Mayoral CIL
Verified
Zone 1
residential
£316/m²
£60/m² (Band 2)
Zone 4
residential
£75/m²
Zone 2
residential
£196/m²
£60/m² (Band 2)
Zone 3
residential
£128/m²
Zone 1
residential
£316/m²
£60/m² (Band 2)
Zone 4
residential
£75/m²
Zone 2
residential
£196/m²
£60/m² (Band 2)
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Zone 3
residential
£128/m²
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The wait after committee · committee said yes → decision notice issued
212
median days · with a s106
21 approvals · p75 246
65
median days · no s106
39 approvals
158
London median · with a s106
1,029 approvals, 33 boroughs

A resolution to grant is not a permission: where a section 106 has to be signed the notice waits for the deed. In Kingston Upon Thames that wait has a median of 212 days with a s106 against 65 without — carried as finance and cost-inflation risk after the politics is done. From 60 committee approvals matched to their decision record.

Longest waits here · committee date → decision notice
22/00591/FULDemolition of existing buildings and erection of a replacement warehouse for flexible use within Class E (giii), B2 & B8.448d
23/02841/FULDemolition of the existing building and redevelopment of the site to provide two new units for use within Class E(g)(iii)/B2/B8 plus ancilla413ds106
23/03542/FULDemolition of all existing buildings/structures and erection of new flexible industrial/logistics units falling within Use Classes E(g)(ii)/358ds106

Committee minutes matched to the canonical record by reference; lag = decision date − committee date for approved items; "with a s106" = deed on file or a legal agreement cited in the decision. Where the council dates the decision at the committee itself, the true wait is longer than shown. London-wide comparison on What You Pay to Build.

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What the deeds obligate here · 54 agreements read

Every obligation in the Kingston Upon Thames agreements we have read, grouped by what it is for — the money by type where a sum is stated, and how often each type appears at all (most obligations are unpriced: build this, provide that).

Carbon offset & energy: £··· (53%)Affordable housing: £··· (19%)Other: £··· (8%)Employment & training: £··· (6%)Education: £··· (4%)Health: £··· (3%)Highways & road safety: £··· (2%)Open space & play: £··· (2%)Other: £··· (2%)£···priced obligations
  • Carbon offset & energy£···7 deeds
  • Affordable housing£···10 deeds
  • Other£···16 deeds
  • Employment & training£···4 deeds
  • Education£···4 deeds
  • Health£···3 deeds
  • Highways & road safety£···10 deeds
  • Open space & play£···6 deeds
How often each obligation appears · Kingston Upon Thames vs London
Monitoring & legal fees
46% · London 47%most: Merton 82%
Car club / permit-free
31% · London 27%most: Ealing 53%
Other
30% · London 40%most: Brent 77%
Construction management
22% · London 21%most: Barnet 61%
Highways & road safety
19% · London 28%most: Tower 62%
Affordable housing
19% · London 29%most: Southwark 69%
Carbon offset & energy
13% · London 25%most: Greenwich 67%
Open space & play
11% · London 16%most: Brent 46%
Cycle provision
11% · London 17%most: Barnet 58%
Travel plan
9% · London 12%most: Greenwich 39%

Red tick = London share across every deed read (2,311).

What you may be asked to pay for · Kingston Upon Thames
  • Monitoring & legal fees · in 21 of 54 deeds · typically £···
    Council's proper and reasonable costs towards monitoring the planning obligations
  • Other · in 3 of 54 deeds · typically £···
    Contribute £50,000 towards local infrastructure
  • Highways & road safety · in 3 of 54 deeds · typically £···
    Improve local highway infrastructure
  • Affordable housing · in 3 of 54 deeds · typically £···
    Provide 10 affordable housing units
  • Carbon offset & energy · in 2 of 54 deeds · typically £···
    Carbon Off-Set Contribution of £50,350 (Index Linked)
  • Open space & play · in 2 of 54 deeds · typically £···
    Contribute £10,000 towards the creation of a new public open space
  • Cycle provision · in 2 of 54 deeds · typically £···
    2 short stay cycle spaces
  • Travel plan · in 2 of 54 deeds · typically £···
    The Owner shall prepare and submit to the Council for its approval a travel plan in respect of the Development
What you will be asked to provide or do · no price on it
  • Car club / permit-free · in 17 of 54 deeds (31%)
    Car Club Membership provision for Qualifying Occupiers of 7 residential units, with Car Club Scheme approval required pr
  • Other · in 13 of 54 deeds (24%)
    discharge of obligation
  • Construction management · in 12 of 54 deeds (22%)
    Notification of Commencement of Development to Director no later than 7 days prior to anticipated commencement and no la
  • Highways & road safety · in 7 of 54 deeds (13%)
    Schedule 9 Clause 2.1 2.2 - Highways Works per S278 Agreement
  • Affordable housing · in 7 of 54 deeds (13%)
    2x Shared Ownership units at site - proposed amendment to Payment in Lieu
  • Carbon offset & energy · in 5 of 54 deeds (9%)
    Prior to Commencement of Development to submit a Final Energy Statement in respect of the Development to the Council for
  • Monitoring & legal fees · in 4 of 54 deeds (7%)
    legal costs and disbursements related to this deed
  • Open space & play · in 4 of 54 deeds (7%)
    landscape ecological management plan

These carry no sum in the deed but cost time, design and management to deliver — the hidden cost of consent here.

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On file · Kingston Upon Thames

Every s106 agreement we hold for Kingston Upon Thames, newest first, linked to its application (the document itself is on the application page). “Unread” = on file, terms not yet extracted.

Application
Site · proposal
Year
s106 total
Obligations
Former Hawks Road Clinic Hawks Road Kingston Upon Thames KT1 3EW · Discharge of Obligation of S106 Agreement dated 22nd August 2023 Schedule 9 (Highways Works) of planning permission 22/01359/FUL
2026
1 · Highways & road safety
40 Mill Place Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2RL · Prior approval application for the change of use from a ground floor office to a 2-bedroom flat (Use Class C3)
2026
unread
unread
16-18 Richmond Road And 2 Canbury Park Road Kingston Upon Thames KT2 5EB · Demolition of an existing building and erection of two storey cafe at 2 Canbury Park Road. Redevelopment and erection of a six storey mixed use building with 6n
2026
unread
unread
Former Hawks Road Clinic Hawks Road Kingston Upon Thames KT1 3EW · Discharge of Obligation of S106 Agreement dated 22nd August 2023 Schedule 9 (Highways Works) of planning permission 22/01359/FUL
2026
1 · Highways & road safety
40 Mill Place Kingston Upon Thames KT1 2RL · Prior approval application for the change of use from a ground floor office to a 2-bedroom flat (Use Class C3)
2026
unread
unread
16-18 Richmond Road And 2 Canbury Park Road Kingston Upon Thames KT2 5EB · Demolition of an existing building and erection of two storey cafe at 2 Canbury Park Road. Redevelopment and erection of a six storey mixed use building with 6n
2026
unread
unread
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Conditions and decision times are from the borough's own decisions since 2010 (countable planning decisions only; tree works, discharges and amendments excluded) and the decision notices we have read. CIL from the council's charging schedule (verified date shown). s106 and viability figures come only from the documents we hold and have read; ranks compare boroughs on the same basis and are labelled with how many deeds sit behind them. Data built 2026-08-19.