Council & Community
‘Your Council Comes To You’ – Next Stop Courtfield and Redcliffe Wards
The council is sending a top team from its leadership team, high ranking officers and councillors to Courtfield and Redcliffe wards next week to hear feedback from residents and local groups. As part of its useful and community-spirited campaign 'Your Council Comes to...
RBKC warns of difficult times ahead in light of Gov’s £108m cash cut
In the Royal Borough's corridors of power, council chiefs have donned their tin hats as they face up to explaining the consequences of a £108 million black hole that will devastate the Borough’s finances. In a letter to residents’ associations this week, Tory Council...
BREAKING: RBKC Leader Elizabeth Campbell warns of impact from £108m Gov funding cut
RBKC leader Cllr Elizabeth Campbell has today sent out an urgent letter to all chairs of Residents Associations across the borough with a stark warning about the council's gloomy finances. Following a Funding Reform review by central government, RBKC will receive...
Have your say on proposed changes to Stratford Road, Kensington
RBKC council has launched a proposal to improve Stratford Road in Kensington, including making a stretch of the road one-way. The initiative is part of the council’s 'Amazing Spaces' streetscape improvement programme, which aims to create more attractive and welcoming...
Going, going, GONE: Lots Road’s iconic auction site to go under the hammer and bulldozers
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 The long-awaited regeneration scheme will sweep away several much-loved, but outdated Victorian...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
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 was...
Lots Road South: The council is ‘marking its own homework’ to pass planning for major development
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...
Full Council Meeting – The Citizen takes poll (sic) position
The Chelsea Citizen grabbed a front-row perch on the press bench at last night’s Full Council meeting — here's what unfolded... The session kicked off with an emotional plea over the plight of Palestinians in Gaza and the West Bank as four residents demanded the Royal...
RBKC Forced Into Emergency Shutdown After Hack Attack
Kensington and Chelsea has been plunged into digital chaos after a major cyberattack forced the Royal Borough into emergency mode — with staff ordered to work from home, systems shut down, and phone lines still unreliable. The cyber assault, which has also hit...
RBKC braces for severe chill of Gov financial cuts and asks for feedback from residents
The Royal Borough may be among Britain’s richest, but the Council is staring down a massive £82 million funding shortfall and families have been warned to brace for rising bills and shrinking services. Shell-shocked Town Hall bosses admit they are heading into their...