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...
by Rob McGibbon | Jun 13, 2025 | Council, News, Planning
RBKC has made a decision on the way forward for a new park that will be created by the river in Lots Road. Following the results of the consultation survey, the team behind Design No.1 have won the contract to deliver the park in 2026. The new park, which will be in...
by Rob McGibbon | May 21, 2025 | Council, News, Planning
Two controversial electric advertising billboards that were scrapped following complaints could soon light up Chelsea once again. A planning application has been put before RBKC to re-instate two digital LED screens on Cheyne Walk (that’s the A3220, folks)...
by India Drake-Brockman | Apr 24, 2025 | News, Planning
The controversial scheme to build a 29-storey tower by Battersea Bridge crumbled last night (24th April) after a unanimous vote at Wandsworth Council vetoed the planning application.Rockwell Property has spent the past year bidding to knock down the existing Glassmill...
by Rob McGibbon | Apr 22, 2025 | News, Planning
A disgruntled Battersea resident has told how he was “tricked” into publicly supporting the controversial Battersea Bridge tower planning scheme. Digital technology strategist Pedro Silva, 52, who lives near the tower being proposed by planning giant...
