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Going, going, GONE: Lots Road’s iconic auction site to go under the hammer and bulldozers

Going, going, GONE: Lots Road’s iconic auction site to go under the hammer and bulldozers

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 The long-awaited regeneration scheme will sweep away several much-loved, but outdated Victorian...
RBKC green light £10bn re-development of Earl’s Court – to be finished in…2041

RBKC green light £10bn re-development of Earl’s Court – to be finished in…2041

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...
Going, going, GONE: Lots Road’s iconic auction site to go under the hammer and bulldozers

Lots Road South: The council is ‘marking its own homework’ to pass planning for major development

by Richard Jacques | Dec 12, 2025 | Council, News, Planning

Voice of the Citizen: Amid the chaos of dealing with the cyber-attack, a hastily re-arranged meeting of the RBKC’s Planning Committee will next week decide the future of another massive building project on Lots Road. Yet this is no ordinary development, as RBKC is the...
Furious battle begins to stop the “cultural vandalism” of Tite Street

Furious battle begins to stop the “cultural vandalism” of Tite Street

by Rob McGibbon | Nov 11, 2025 | Council, News, Planning, Property

A furious battle has broken out to stop a large-scale development of luxury apartments that will “vandalise” one of Chelsea’s most celebrated historic streets. A determined legion of residents and local groups have parked their tanks on the lawns of...
Mucci’s licensing application for cafe expansion stirs up objection

Mucci’s licensing application for cafe expansion stirs up objection

by Rob McGibbon | Oct 3, 2025 | News, Planning

A licensing application made by Mucci’s restaurant for a new pizza takeaway shop and bar is drawing widespread opposition from residents. Mucci’s, which is situated on the King’s Road near World’s End, is planning an expansion by opening...
Final changes at Chelsea Barracks to be unveiled tonight ahead of major new planning app’

Final changes at Chelsea Barracks to be unveiled tonight ahead of major new planning app’

by Angel Sun | Sep 24, 2025 | News, Planning

The final designs for the amendments to ‘Phase 5’ of the long-running Chelsea Barracks development are to be unveiled at a public meeting tonight. Property developers Qatari Diar are holding a residents meeting to show how they have altered the designs in response to...
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