Events Archives - The Chelsea Society

Chelsea Barracks – London, Chelsea Barracks gets green light (again) 21 May 2104/ Harry Hanscomb Westminster Council last night granted planning for the ...

Letter to Planning & Development Dept., LBHF 29th December 2016 Dear Mr Du Plessis Application 2016/05302/VAR (CHELSEA ISLAND) I am writing to Object on ...

The planning application for a large basement under the old courthouse/old school at 1A Walton Street has been refused. The member of the Society’s Planning Committee ...

AGM: Chelsea Old Town Hall 6.30pm

We are delighted to announce the final in this year’s lecture dates as follows: 23rd March 2015 Colour, Controversy and Chelsea: JMW Turner in ...

The Annual General Meeting was held on Monday 21st November 2016 at Chelsea Old Town Hall, and was attended by more than 100 Members In the ...

On Monday 20th November 2017 all the Members of the Society meet at 6.30 pm in the Great Hall at Chelsea Old Town Hall ...

THE BUILDING This is an important building, which was intended to be the motor showroom for Harrods. We think that it is essential ...

60 Sloane Avenue was built by Harrods as their motor car showroom and workshop (at about the same time as the Michelin tyre depot ...

The Chelsea Residents Association presents A Celebration of Chelsea at St Luke’s Church, Chelsea. An evening of opera and song with readings by Loyd ...

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Over the last 15 years the Council has pursued a policy of driving up the quality of our streetscape. In the late 1990s, following ...

Planning Application PP/15/04878 On 15th November 2016 the Planing Committee of RBKC agreed with their officer’s recommendation and resolved to refuse the application subject ...

The Annual General Meeting will be held on Monday 24th November in The Large Hall, Chelsea Old Town Hall, King’s Road, Chelsea. The President, ...

Registered Charity 276264 Founded in 1927 to preserve and improve the amenities of Chelsea for the public benefit. AIR QUALITY Poor air-quality ...

It is unlawful for owners to let out their homes in London without planning permission on short-term lets for an aggregate of more than 90 ...

Monday 20th March 2017 at 6.30pm in the Small Hall at Chelsea Old Town Hall Peter York interviews Andreas von Einsiedel on “A Photographic record ...

The Annual General Meeting was an opportunity for members to gather, hear the Chairman’s annual review and to ask questions. As ever it was ...

The AGM of The Chelsea Society will be held at Chelsea Old Town Hall on Monday 21st November at 6.30pm All members are ...

The Annual Report has been produced every year since 1927...

This annual event, held as usual in Chelsea Old Town Hall, provided an opportunity for residents’ associations to meet the new Cabinet Member for ...

Architect Henry Squire, Partner at Squire and Partners will be speaking on Hans Place, a project under construction in Knightsbridge which presents a modern ...

Tuesday 11 February 2014, 18.30 – 20.00 (18.00 for refreshments) Chelsea Theatre, 7 World’s End Place, King’s Road, London SW10 0DR Residents, local businesses, ...

The seventh in the series of ‘Ask Nick’ events is taking place on Thursday 9 July 2015. This is a great opportunity to ask ...

Monday 30th October in the Small Hall at Chelsea Old Town Hall, at 6.30 pm on a subject to be announced

As the “Explore the Foreshore” event was such a success, we have asked Dr Fiona Haughey, a leading Thames archaeologist, who led the walk, ...

The industrialisation of the cities at the turn of the last century prompted families to abandon the countryside to seek work in the ...

Find out about more about on the Basement Bill and Debates

The Chelsea Society has objected as follows to the application PP/17/00133 for a large basement under the old courthouse at 1A Walton street. “The ...

We had good news from Jonathan Bore from RBKC Planning and Borough Development earlier… “Dear All Great news – we have been successful ...

On Wednesday 15th February eight members of The Chelsea Society were privileged to sketch a live model with professional help, at the London Sketch Club 17 Dilke ...

BT has been given itself permission to plonk an ugly steel broadband cabinet in front of the Arts and Crafts railings of J D ...

The Chelsea Society will have a stand at the Open Day from 11am until 5pm The Friends of Brompton Cemetery’s annual summer Open Day ...

The Chancellor of the Exchequer has received the following letter from the Chairman of the Chelsea Society, which was copied to Rt. Hon. Sayid Javid MP, ...

The architectural competition for the café at the Duke of York’s Square was won by NEX last December, who have been working up the ...

Public exhibitions have been held, and The Chelsea Society supports Cadogan’s proposal for a new café, to replace the existing temporary structure. Planning permission PP/16/02390 ...

A mix of privately-rented houses and flats will be built by Grainger plc, in collaboration with the Borough Council, on the school car park ...

The Member of the Society’s Planning Committee for Stanley Ward, Patrick Baty, wrote to RBKC as follows on 9th February 2017 : 158-168 Fulham ...

LECTURE On Monday 27th February 2017 at 6.30 pm in the Small Hall at Chelsea Old Town Hall Andrew Ginger was interviewed by Peter York ...

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CHAIRMAN’S REPORT TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE CHELSEA SOCIETY HELD ON 26TH NOVEMBER 2012 My Lord President, ladies and gentlemen, ...

CHAIRMAN’S REPORT TO THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING OF THE CHELSEA SOCIETY HELD ON 25TH NOVEMBER 2013 Mr President, Vice-President, Members of the Council, Members ...

In May 2019 national planning regulations will change, and a system of prior approval will replace the existing need for planning permission for change ...

From time to time Local Government Boundary Commission reviews ward boundaries with the intention of ensuring that the number of electors per Councillor is ...

PUBLIC EXHIBITION There is the opportunity to go to an exhibition to view potential plans for Chelsea Barracks. Thursday 30th January – 3pm – ...

The Chairman of the Society’s Planning Committee was invited by the chairman of the Cheyne Walk Trust to meet representatives of houseboat residents who ...

After consultation with The Chelsea Arts Club, the cricket match has been postponed to next year.

Find out more about the upcoming 2014 exhibition

Colleagues, I am forwarding an email with details of a public meeting being held by the London Fire and Emergency Planning Authority (LFEPA) next ...

The online and written petition to oppose the Draft Royal Brompton Hospital Supplementary Planning Document published for consultation by the Council on 27 February 2014 ...

Discover how young men enthusiastically joined up at The Duke of York’s HQ and how those who stayed at home supported the war effort. ...

Ann de La Grange Sury and Gavin Roynon will be reading extracts from Home Fires Burning, the Great War diaries of Georgina Lee, Ann’s grandmother. Georgina ...

Take time out to enjoy the spirit of the First World War. See the Loos Football which was last presented at Chelsea Football Club ...

WOUNDED: FROM BATTLEFIELD TO BLIGHTY Dr Emily Mayhew will talk on her recent and highly acclaimed book, Wounded: From Battlefield to Blighty. She tells of the ...

One always expects the unexpected when walking along the King’s Road, but seeing the men from the Chelsea Arts Club in full regalia of ...

Click here to see the images captured on our Night Photoshoot with The Royal Photographic Society.

Chelsea Society AGM. The AGM is for members only. Location: Chelsea Old Town Hall, King’s Road, London SW3 5EE Time: 6.30pm

Many thanks to all those who recently completed our member survey.

Find out more about or visit to this historic location

The Chairman hopes that Members will support this concert at the Cadogan Hall at 7.30 on 15th December

Letter sent by the Chairman of the Planning Committee to RBKC on 11th July 2016 about Christ Church, Chelsea – PP/16/04188 as follows: “The Applicants ...

The Chairman of the Chelsea Society’s Planning Committee met on 1st February 2017 with the Architect and Planning Consultants acting for the owner, Mr. ...

The Gherkin A commentary by Nick Gent, a member of The Chelsea Society. Eight members of the Society attended a walking tour arranged by the ...

We have received the following invitation from TfL. If you have any views on this which you would like the Chelsea Society to give ...

If a condition requiring a Construction Traffic Management Plan (CTMP) was applied to planning consent, this condition will need to be formally discharged before ...

RBKC is running an anti-begging campaign, urging us to support official charities rather than street beggars. “The fact is that begging is a pretty big ...

Listed buildings are special architecturally or historically. They are such an important part of our heritage that it is a crime to carry out ...

The Royal Hospital authorities are consulting on plans to repair or rebuild the cricket pavilion, which has been an attractive feature of Burton Court ...

The Society’s meeting on Crossrail 2 on 30th September was packed. Richard De Cani from Transport for London (TfL) said that London needed a ...

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On 18th July 2017 the Crossrail 2 Local Engagement Manager of Transport for London answered a question as follows from Sir Paul Lever, a member of ...

TfL recognises the importance of everyone having a full understanding of the Crossrail2 project and has organised a drop in session, details of which ...

TfL recognises the importance of everyone having a full understanding of the Crossrail2 project and has organised a drop in session, details of which ...

TfL recognises the importance of everyone having a full understanding of the Crossrail2 project and has organised a drop in session, details of which ...

THE CHELSEA SOCIETY’S RESPONSE TO TRANSPORT FOR LONDON’S CONSULTATION The Chelsea Society does understand that Crossrail2 is being planned to serve London for many ...

The following letter was sent by The Chelsea Society on 17th July 2015 to Mr. Graham Stallwood, Executive Director of Planning and Borough ...

Cadogan has released a public announcement which you can read via the link SS Aug14 19 briefing NEW2-2[1] Cadogan confirms they are working hard to ...

The Society is certainly not against responsible cycling in Chelsea, but it has to be acknowledged that central London is a very dangerous ...

January 2016 marks the 40th anniversary of Agatha Christie’s death, and considering that only Shakespeare and the Bible can claim to have more books ...

It is with great sadness that we report the death of David Le Lay on 17th January 2017. He was the ninth Chairman of the ...

Just over nine years ago, John Prescott (then Deputy Prime Minister) over-ruled the Planning Inspector and approved the developer’s application to develop both the ...

Mr. Graham Stallwood, Executive Director of Planning and Borough Development of RBKC, and Cllr. Tim Coleridge, Cabinet-member for Planning Policy and Arts, explained the ...

On 22nd May 2017 in the Small Hall at Chelsea Old Town Hall at 6.30pm, Councillor Warwick Lightfoot, Cabinet-member for Finance and Strategy at ...

The race for Doggett’s Coat and Badge is the longest continuing annual sporting event in the world. It traces its origin back to 1715 ...

Tuesday 15 July 2014 Please assemble by 1.00 pm at Cadogan Pier on Chelsea Embankment to walk down to see the finish of the race at 1.10pm. ...

Thomas Doggett was an Irish actor who came to London in about 1690. After success on the stage at Drury Lane Theatre he went ...

The race was first held in 1715 to mark the first anniversary of the accession of George I, which makes the Doggett’s Coat and ...

The Society is a registered charity and is always very pleased to receive donations and legacies to assist with its important work to preserve ...

The chapel to the former Duke of York’s Military Headquarters is a Grade II* listed chapel. It was built in 1824 between Cheltenham Terrace and the ...

We support the use of electric cars in Chelsea. Electric cars will need public and private charging points for their batteries. With regard to ...

We have so far arranged the following events for 2017, which will be the 90th Anniversary of the Society. Please put them in your ...

Walk by Leading Thames Archaeologist Dr Fiona Haughey. Where can you find a Bronze Age human skull, a Neolithic alder wood beater, or ...

After the huge success of the Guided Walk last year, we have managed to persuade Dr Fiona Haughey to return and take another group ...

The government is proposing to allow extra storeys to be built on existing buildings without planning permission. This would adversely affect the character ...

Five Things Whistler Did For Artists by David Le Lay James McNeill Whistler was not just one of the most outstanding painters of the ...

The Chelsea Society welcomes the 2015 decision of the High Court not to allow encroachment by development into communal open-space (at Courtfield Gardens). The ...

The Cadogan Estate has provided an update on developments at George House. We welcome such updates – the more the better from any developers! ...