by Rob McGibbon | Oct 23, 2025 | Council, News, Property
The fight to tackle a former RBKC councillor who has been the “neighbour from hell” for the past 16 years is being escalated. Residents in a Chelsea street are so “exasperated” by the inaction of the council that they have launched a petition...
by Rob McGibbon | Aug 29, 2025 | News, Property
Chelsea-based Martin’s Properties can be revealed as the company that gobbled up the iconic building vacated by McDonald’s on the King’s Road. The company, which has operated in Chelsea since it was founded in 1946, swooped early when it became clear...
by Rob McGibbon | Aug 2, 2025 | Property, shortz
The sale of the McDonald’s building on the King’s Road looks set to be sealed in the coming weeks. The Citizen has been told that the price has been agreed and all parties are waiting for the paperwork to be finalised before making the deal public. The...
by Johnny Thalassites | Jul 21, 2025 | Council, News, 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 17, 2025 | Culture, News, Property
It has been three years in the making, but a stunning new public artwork has finally been unveiled across the façade The Gaumont building on the King’s Road. Entitled Cascade, the ceramic abstract diptych fills two 609 x 288 cm panels on either side of the 1930s...
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...
