The Kensington Society is an amenity society for all of Kensington, created in 1953. We have close to 700 members and some 40 affiliated societies.
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Latest in the news blog (click here to see all blog entries)

12 month e-scooter trial has begun in Kensington

22/06/2021

In early June, TfL began a 12 month trial with rental e-scooters in Kensington and Chelsea and four more London boroughs. RBKC has set up 20 e-scooter rental bays across the borough, used by the three participating rental companies. The rental e-scooters have a much lower maximum speed than most private e-scooters, but they are legal to use on public roads, which the private ones aren't.

Update: Pavement licences extended to autumn 2022

24/03/2021

In order to help kickstart pubs and restaurants when they, hopefully, will be allowed to serve customers outside from 12 April, the temporary pavement licence scheme, which enables many of them to erect temporary outdoor serving areas on the pavement, will be extended to the end of September 2022.

Update: Developer withdraws Forum Hotel application

The developer planning to replace Kensington Forum Hotel on Cromwell Road with a much taller and massive complex, surprisingly announced at the end of business on Friday 19 March that they wished to withdraw their application. This means that there will be no public hearing on 19 March, and that the complex won’t be built unless a new planning application is lodged with the council. A great victory for the local residents, who have fought against the development for four years.
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First phase in new Earls Court plan?

Following the collapse of the gigantic development project known as the Earl’s Court and West Kensington Opportunity Area in 2018, there is an enormous wasteland left after the demolition of the Earls Court Exhibition Centre. In January RBKC received an application for a building complex at the south end of the site. Is this the first phase in a not yet publicised a plan to replace the wasteland with new and perhaps higher buildings than those previously planned? The developer says no, but others suspect that it is.
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Upcoming events (click here to see all)

Dare to care! Meet Save Britain’s Heritage

Just added! Ahead of the Christmas drinks and mince pies in the Mayor’s Parlour on 8 December, we will have a meeting in Dora House on Old Brompton Road, where campaigners Ben Oakley and Guy Oliver will tell us about the important work done by the organisation Save Britain’s Heritage, which since 1975 has been fighting to protect Britain’s historic buildings.
Date: Wednesday 3 November 2021
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Christmas drinks again!

As Covid-19 restrictions are lifted bit by bit, the Kensington Society is delighted to start running events again. In December we will have Christmas drinks and mince pies in the Mayor’s Parlour. £10 for members and £20 for non-members.
Date: Wednesday 8 December 2021
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