by Citizen Reporter | Aug 27, 2025 | Council, News
A major consultation carried out by the Council has highlighted a growing demand amongst residents to be more actively involved in local decision making. A total of 474 people took part in the consultation earlier this year that is dedicated to defining the...
by Citizen Reporter | Aug 27, 2025 | Council, News
The offices of the charity SMART have been abruptly closed by RBKC officers. Staff at the charity were shocked to discover on Friday, 17th August that the gates to the premises at No.15 Gertrude Street had been padlocked. This drastic and sudden action by the council...
by Johnny Thalassites | Jul 21, 2025 | Comment, Council, Planning, Property
The Government is proposing major reforms to existing planning laws that would wipe away a vital layer of the democratic process. New developments that are deemed to be “minor” – ones of 50 homes or less – would be decided upon by planning...
by Rob McGibbon | Jul 7, 2025 | Council, News, Planning
Earl’s Court residents are fighting against what they claim is a council-led “policy shift” that will pave the way for their area to become a hell zone of crime, anti-social behaviour and 24-hour commercial activity. Activists are appealing for the...
by Rob McGibbon | Jul 4, 2025 | Council, News, Planning, Property
Residents are digging in to stop a local business tycoon from building a “giga”* basement under the back garden of his Chelsea home. Mr Peter Dubens, the flamboyant “serial” entrepreneur behind the multi-billion pound Oakley Capital private...
by Rob McGibbon | Jun 16, 2025 | Council, News, Planning, Property
Tite Street’s most famous former resident, Oscar Wilde, once referred to his beloved road as “The street of wonderful possibilities”. Well, there’s one distinct possibility on the horizon: the street could be transformed by a high-impact...
