by Rob McGibbon | Jan 22, 2026 | Council, shortz
The council is sending a top team from its leadership team, high ranking officers and councillors to Courtfield and Redcliffe wards next week to hear feedback from residents and local groups. As part of its useful and community-spirited campaign ‘Your Council...
by John Cookson | Jan 16, 2026 | Council, News
In the Royal Borough’s corridors of power, council chiefs have donned their tin hats as they face up to explaining the consequences of a £108 million black hole that will devastate the Borough’s finances. In a letter to residents’ associations this week, Tory...
by Rob McGibbon | Jan 14, 2026 | Council, News
RBKC leader Cllr Elizabeth Campbell has today sent out an urgent letter to all chairs of Residents Associations across the borough with a stark warning about the council’s gloomy finances. Following a Funding Reform review by central government, RBKC will...
by Marta Abreu | Jan 7, 2026 | Council, Planning
RBKC council has launched a proposal to improve Stratford Road in Kensington, including making a stretch of the road one-way. The initiative is part of the council’s ‘Amazing Spaces’ streetscape improvement programme, which aims to create more attractive...
by John Cookson | Dec 17, 2025 | Council, News, Planning, Property
Chelsea is set for a major housing boost after Kensington and Chelsea Council approved plans for 274 new homes on what has become known as the ‘Lots Road South’ site. The long-awaited regeneration scheme will sweep away several much-loved, but outdated Victorian...
by John Cookson | Dec 17, 2025 | Council, News, Planning, Property
One of London’s most famous wastelands is finally set for a comeback. The Royal Borough’s Planning Committee gave the green light last night to the long-awaited rebirth of Earl’s Court* — a vast 40-acre site left eerily empty since the iconic Exhibition Centre...
