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Breaking News: Developer Rockwell APPEALS against planning refusal for its “toxic” Battersea Bridge tower
News has just emerged that Rockwell Property lodged an appeal yesterday to the Housing Minister against the decision by Wandsworth Council to refuse permission for its 28-storey apartment block of luxury flats on the Glassmill site by Battersea...
Kensington High Street lights up for Christmas
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas — and no wonder, after the Royal Borough's Mayor Tom Bennett helped flick the switch to bathe Kensington High Street in a blaze of festive colour. Cheered on by mums, dads and excited youngsters, the Mayor led the countdown before the High Street glowed - fairy lights twinkling, trees glittering and carols ringing out across the mild November evening. The ceremony at the Design Museum Plaza, in...
Chelsea remembers The Fallen with pride and dignity
Chelsea did itself proud during Remembrance Sunday and the days leading up to the nation's day of reflection for the heroes who fought and paid the "ultimate price". Commemorative events were held in churches and at war memorials across the area and in all corners of the Royal borough. Editor Rob McGibbon laid a wreath on behalf of The Chelsea Citizen and its readers during the commemoration service at the war memorial in Sloane Square. In his...
Furious battle begins to stop the “cultural vandalism” of Tite Street
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 developer London Square and the National Army Museum (NAM) in opposition to an estimated £240m joint venture that - if approved - will totally transform Tite Street in SW3. Tite Street is a...
Flippin’ Heck! McDonald’s Suddenly Closes King’s Road Restaurant
McDonald's on the King's Road suddenly closed on 6th July. The restaurant - at the junction with Royal Avenue - is now boarded up and will not be...
Physic Garden Seeds New Link to Save Rare Conifers
Chelsea Physic Garden (CPG) - has announced that it has grown a vital new partnership to help save critically endangered conifers from extinction....
Cascade flows across façade of The Gaumont
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...
Chelsea Barracks: Radical new plans for ‘Phase 5’ to be unveiled
The revised new designs for what is known as Phase 5 of the vast Chelsea Barracks development are set to be revealed. Qatari Diar, the global...
The Sun Also Rises on Soleil at The Peninsula
If you are going to clear the tables of a much-admired Michelin-starred restaurant and replace it with a pop-up bar for the summer months, you had...
Residents fear Earl’s Court faces “24/7 free-for-all” crisis
Earl's Court residents are fighting against what they claim is a council-led "policy shift" that will pave the way for their area to become a hell...
Residents dig in to fight off Chelsea “giga” basement
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...
Possibilities for Tite Street Make Residents Wild
Tite Street's most famous former resident, Oscar Wilde, once referred to his beloved road as "The street of wonderful possibilities". Well, there's...
Swallows and Armenians at The Chelsea Theatre
The Chelsea Theatre is staging an operatic play based on the Anglo-Armenian children who inspired Arthur Ransom'e much-loved children's novel...
New Park for Lots Road – The Results Are IN…
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...
Read a letter from The Citizen’s founder and editor Rob McGibbon in which he explains the philosophy for his newspaper and how it will only live with sponsorship, advertising and philanthropic support.
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