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 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...
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...
