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On Monday 16th September at 6.30pm at Chelsea Old Town Hall, the designer Sue Timney will give an illustrated talk about her life and ...
Read more >The Planning Committee of The Chelsea Society will meet with the Residents’ Associations of Chelsea to discuss matters of common interest on Monday 14th ...
Read more >A private guided tour by the Keeper of the Wellington Collection on Thursday 17th October 2019 at 10.15am for 10.30am. As Apsley House does ...
Read more >The Society’s AGM for 2019 will be held on Monday 25th November 2019 at 6.30pm in the Great Hall at Chelsea Old Town Hall
Read more >Minis parading on the Kings Road past Peter Jones On Saturday 17th August 2019 mini owners gathered in Chelsea to show their iconic cars ...
Read more >On 24th April 2019 the Chairman of the Society, Dr. James Thompson, wrote to the Leader of RBKC, Cllr. Elizabeth Campbell, as follows: Dear ...
Read more >The Chelsea Society is supporting the first Chelsea History Festival, which will take place 9–13 October 2019 along Royal Hospital Road at founder venues: ...
Read more >We have received an update from the developer of the old John Lewis Clearings site on Draycott Avenue, which received planning permission for development ...
Read more >On the hottest day ever recorded in England, which happened to coincide with the appointment of the new Prime Minister; the first ever ...
Read more >The Chelsea Society opposes advertising hoardings masquerading as telephone kiosks. We are pleased to see that three appeals for kiosks on the Kings Road ...
Read more >The Chelsea Society was invited by Cllr. Alison Jackson, a well-known photographer, to participate in a photographic competition which she had organised. The Society ...
Read more >Planning Application PP/18/03491 was refused in September 2018 See https://www.rbkc.gov.uk/planning/searches/details.aspx?address=&streetname=&postcode=&ward=&consarea=&caseyear=&casenumber=&proposal=&decisionyear=&decisionmonth=&appealref=&batch=20&id=PP/18/03491&type=decision&tab=tabs-planning-1#tabs-planning-2 We have met with the developers of this site several times, and one of the issues ...
Read more >The Planning Applications Committee of RBKC heard an application on 27th June 2019 to convert the old telephone exchange in Mallord St. into a ...
Read more >The Chelsea Society has published an annual report every year since it was formed in 1927. This is a treasure-trove of information about Chelsea, ...
Read more >“On 5 June the Chairman (seen here with staff members) visited the Chelsea Physic Garden for a reception which launched their efforts to raise ...
Read more >The Government has changed the permitted development rights through The Town and Country Planning (Permitted Development, Advertisement and Compensation Amendments) (England) Regulations 2019, which ...
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The William Sutton Estate is a large estate bounded by Cale St., Elystan St., Marlborough St. and Ixworth Place. It was built in the early 20th century to provide housing for people with very limited incomes. The owners of the estate, Clarion, applied for planning permission for redevelopment, which was refused by RBKC. The owners appealed, and the appeal was heard by a government-appointed Inspector at a Public Enquiry in Kensington Town Hall from 9th - 18th May 2018. In September 2018 the Inspector reported his findings to the…
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On 12th April 2019 Transport for London announced their decision on Routes 11, 19, and 22 "We have looked at these concerns [expressed by The Chelsea Society and others] alongside the benefits of making our proposed changes based on demand, and the disadvantages (on air quality, costs, revenue, customer benefit) that excess bus provision entails. As a result of this we will not proceed with our proposed changes to routes 11, 19, and 22. These services will be retained as they currently stand." Transport for London had consulted in the…
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