PLANNING CHALLENGES
Our corner of Kensington seems to be a perpetual building site. No sooner had the De Vere Gardens development finished than the one in Young Street started. With big projects like these, there’s usually a project management committee, which someone from the KCRA attends – so any problems or complaints can be addressed pretty promptly. It’s the smaller developments that often cause the greatest inconvenience. Here’s a progress report on the ones that have affected our neighbourhood most.
60 Kensington Court
The latest news is that the basement is finished and the above-ground work is under way. The Project Director, Nancy Elgarf (nancy@rfrproperty.com; 07786 987933) originally said the development would be finished by December 2018. Experience told us to add a few months to that estimate and so it has proved. There is no sign yet of when it will be completed.
27-28 Kensington Court
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This property has been empty since 2014.
But at the start of 2019 a new contractor was appointed - London Projects - with a new site manager. He is Scott Woodruff (077 1590 4589)
and work is finally under way. It is on schedule to be completed in August 2020.
It has to be said that the contractors have been considerate in encasing the site in white hardboard and washing down the pavements around the project, thereby reducing the site mess to a minimum. The assistant Project Manager, Conor Hills, has confirmed that they have got permission to pollard the 4 trees within the site boundary and this should further clean up the site.
But at the start of 2019 a new contractor was appointed - London Projects - with a new site manager. He is Scott Woodruff (077 1590 4589)
and work is finally under way. It is on schedule to be completed in August 2020.
It has to be said that the contractors have been considerate in encasing the site in white hardboard and washing down the pavements around the project, thereby reducing the site mess to a minimum. The assistant Project Manager, Conor Hills, has confirmed that they have got permission to pollard the 4 trees within the site boundary and this should further clean up the site.