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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The Kensington Society annual for 2021-2022 is here!

The Kensington Society annual for 2021-2022 has just been distributed to all members and is, as usual, full of interesting articles about art, history and planning. Those who haven't received it, can download it or read it online.
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Update: Decision about the Notting Hill police station delayed

The bidding for the Notting Hill police station has been extended to 13 May, which means that the decision whom to sell to won't be taken before the middle of May. The reason for the extension isn't known (this will be the third extension), but it's probably a combination of lack of bids and the restrictions on taking politically sensitive decisions during the weeks leading up to an election, in this case the local elections on 5 May. This extension means that the ongoing petition to keep the police station for continued community use can run for several more weeks.
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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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The Kensington Society AGM 2022

After one cancelled AGM in 2020 and one held virtually in 2021, the Kensington Society will finally be holding a face-to-face Annual General Meeting in Kensington Town Hall's Great Hall again, on Monday 13 June. The guest speaker will be Sir Peter Bazalgette, “the most influential man in British broadcasting”. We look forward to meet as many of our members and friends as can possibly make it.
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