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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 >Members of The Chelsea Society and their guests will make a private visit to Vintners’ Hall. at 68 Upper Thames Street, London EC4V 3BG ...
Read more >Members of The Chelsea Society will have a private accompanied tour of the Club at 10.00 am – 12:00 (no entry before 09.50) Named ...
Read more >BONHAMS AUCTION Curated Tour by Colin Sheaf, Deputy Chairman of Bonhams, and Global Head of Asian Art, around the ‘Fine Chinese Art’ auction preview (auction ...
Read more >Members of the The Chelsea Society will make a private evening visit at 6.15 for 6.30 – with a talk by Windsor Herald. The ...
Read more >The Chelsea Society has made a written submission to RBKC in response to its Housing Strategy Consultation Paper. To see the submission click here TCS ...
Read more >A boy learns from Victor Gregg, what is was like to fight as a Rifleman at the battle for Arnhem 75 years ago. Victor ...
Read more >The Chelsea Society was represented by its Chairman, Vice-chairman, and members of Council at the prize-giving ceremony on Tuesday 8th October 2019 at the ...
Read more >For The Chelsea Society’s views on the redevelopment of this station see TCS submission on SOUTH KENSINGTON STATION
Read more >The Chelsea Schools Essay Prize 2020 The Chelsea Society invites entries for its inaugural school essay competition on the subject of ‘My Chelsea’. The ...
Read more >This building was built by Harrods as their car showroom, but due to the First World War it was never finished. Planning permission was ...
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 election 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 ...
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49 Cheyne Place, London SW3 4HL The Chelsea Society strongly objected to this application (PP/19/05043) for development in the Royal Hospital Conservation Area, and is very pleased that it has been refused by the Planning Officer. If this decision is appealed The Chelsea Society will support the Council at the appeal. The building is on Royal Hospital Road, opposite Tesco, and on the corner of Tite St. This was a huge and very harmful proposal to demolish the entirety of the building and re-construct on a similar or identical footprint,…
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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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