Featured Consultations
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Council Tax Reduction Scheme 2026-27
The Council is reviewing its Council Tax Reduction Scheme (the scheme), which helps residents on low incomes by reducing the amount of Council Tax they need to pay. Some households currently receive up to 100 per cent support, meaning they do not pay any Council Tax. We are proud to have one of the most generous schemes in London, helping around 8,000 working-age households each year. However, this may have to change in the future as the Council is facing the biggest financial...
Closes 7 December 2025
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Future support for the voluntary and community sector
The Council is facing the biggest financial challenge it has ever faced over the next few years. Currently, between now and 2030 we are expecting to lose £82m of funding from Government which represents 40 per cent of our controllable spend. This is due to the Government’s Fairer Funding Review, where they are looking to move funding out of London to the areas of greatest deprivation across the country. When you include broader pressures in terms of inflation and increasing...
Closes 7 December 2025
Open Consultations
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King’s Road / Beaufort Street Proposed Signalised Crossings
Enabling more journeys on foot is one of the Council’s key objectives and helping to make it easier and safer for pedestrians to cross the road is an important part of meeting that objective. Between 2020 and 2024, there were 25 casualties from collisions at the junction of A3217 King's Road/Beaufort Street, seven of which involved serious injuries. The Council is therefore...
Closes 9 November 2025
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Time Banded Commercial Waste Collections- Holland Park Avenue and Draycott Avenue
Due to the built nature of the borough, most businesses present their waste and recycling on the public highway in bags to await collection. The Council’s Commercial Waste Service provides collections for many businesses, and there are numerous other private waste collection companies that also service the businesses in Kensington and Chelsea. Earlier in 2025, we launched ‘Clear...
Closes 9 November 2025
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Housing Management- Tenancy Policy Review
Kensington and Chelsea is making some changes to its tenancy policy and we’d like your input. The Tenancy policy outlines the Council’s approach to issuing, ending and transitioning between tenancies in its own council housing stock. It was previously published in 2020 and it has reached its cyclical four year review. The changes to this policy are mainly to improve clarity...
Closes 9 November 2025
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Cycle Hangars October 2025
Enabling more cycling is one of the Council’s borough transport objectives. Making travel by bicycle convenient for residents is one way to improve our air quality, reduce traffic congestion, and work towards our goal for the borough to be carbon neutral by 2040. One of the ways we can make cycling easier is to provide cycle storage. Residents living in flats experience particular difficulty...
Closes 16 November 2025
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Local Listed Building Consent Order for Grade II listed buildings in the Queen’s Gate, Pembridge, and Holland Park Conservation Areas
The Council is consulting on a Local Listed Building Consent Order (LLBCO) for Grade II listed buildings in the Queen’s Gate, Pembridge, and Holland Park Conservation Areas. This measure would allow owners to install double-glazed windows within existing frames without needing individual listed building consent, provided specific conditions are met. The initiative aims to promote energy...
Closes 20 November 2025
Closed Consultations
Draft Thames Conservation Area Management Plan
The Draft Thames Conservation Area Management Plan sets out policies and procedures for managing, monitoring, and enforcing change in the Thames Conservation Area. Its purpose is to preserve the...
Colville Square Playground
Colville Square Playground is a popular play area for younger children up to the age of six, located alongside Colville Square in North Kensington, near Portobello Road, Notting Hill. It has toddler...
Culture Activities in Kensington and Chelsea - Citizens' Panel
Kensington and Chelsea is rich in culture. We are an international destination for visitors, with Exhibition Road, Notting Hill Carnival, Chelsea Flower Show and Portobello Market to name just a few...
Culture Activities in Kensington and Chelsea
Kensington and Chelsea is rich in culture. We are an international destination for visitors, with Exhibition Road, Notting Hill Carnival, Chelsea Flower Show and Portobello Market to name just a few...
Making the Borough Greener
In 2021, we consulted with residents on key environmental priorities before adopting our: Climate Emergency Action Plan (CEAP) Air Quality Action Plan (AQAP) ...