Property
Report claims property slump has hit flat values hard in Chelsea & Kensington
London’s flat market is in meltdown — and nowhere is the pain being felt sharper than in Chelsea and Kensington. Disturbing new figures reveal flat prices in the Royal Borough have plunged by up to 17% in just a year, wiping hundreds of thousands of pounds off homes...
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 The long-awaited regeneration scheme will sweep away several much-loved, but outdated Victorian...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...
The Royal Hospital seeks cure for its Peabody problem
The boss of Chelsea's world famous Royal Hospital has assured anxious social housing tenants they won't be kicked out of their homes when a crucial lease runs out in 16 months. Facing a packed — and at times heated— public meeting, CEO David Richmond tried to calm...
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...
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