Kensington and Chelsea Council has entered into a partnership with Mount Anvil to deliver improvements to the Lots Road area of Chelsea, including the creation of new homes and green space.
The council’s leadership team appointed the developer following a process which included gathering feedback from a community liaison group made up of local residents and businesses, who met prospective development partners over the last few months.
Mount Anvil and the council will consult with the local community later this year to design a scheme which will be submitted for planning permission, and if approved, it is hoped work will start on site before the end of 2024.
Killian Hurley, CEO of Mount Anvil, said: “I’m delighted that Kensington and Chelsea Council are entrusting Mount Anvil at Lots Road, having recognised our ability to deliver with certainty for their community. We work only in London and only in partnership with people who care about the long-term, like Kensington and Chelsea and the other boroughs that have welcomed us. It’s a privilege to be continuing to listen to and learn from the local community as we deliver quality extra care affordable homes and vibrant community and commercial space.”
Cllr Kim Taylor-Smith, lead member for Grenfell housing, housing and social investment, added: “The Lots Road South project is a significant and exciting opportunity to create yet another amazing space in the borough. To ensure that specialist experience, expertise and funding is in place to deliver the scheme, we have appointed a development partner to work with the local community and council, as the landowner, to deliver a project that will bring a host of enhancements to the area.”
Veronica Ricks, community liaison group member and principal of Heatherley’s School of Art, said: “It’s great to hear that Mount Anvil have been selected as development partner for the project. During the consultation process, they demonstrated that they had researched, and would be sympathetic in design to the preservation of maximum levels light to studios at the school and to the particular creative identity of the neighbourhood. I am pleased that this choice should achieve a good outcome for the school and future benefit for our community.”
