Filming and photography in the Royal Borough
The Royal Borough is home to a wide range of interesting on and
off-street film locations, attracting a diverse range
of filming throughout the year.
The Filming and Special Events Office provides
an effective one-stop service to assist film
makers, residents, local businesses, Councillors, and other
Council departments with filming and photography enquiries in the
Royal Borough’s streets, parks and open spaces.
Our aim is to ensure that all filming activities are carried out
safely and with minimum disruption to our residents. We aim to
achieve this by:
- providing a friendly and effective service, using
our local knowledge and expertise in dealing with all manner
of filming enquiries and facilitating large and small
shoots
- co-ordinating Council services and providing a trouble shooting
service
- protecting the interests of our residents and ensuring that
those filming on-street adhere to best practice and to all Council
requirements
Applying to film
Applying for parking suspensions
The cost of suspending a bay is £44 per bay per day. This is
also the cost of a single yellow line waiver.
The Filming and Special Events Office also charge an
administration fee at an hourly rate (currently £72.00 inclusive
VAT) to cover officer time, general advice, office costs, and
liaison with other Council officers, if required.
Payment is required in advance by debit or credit card for
all parking suspensions and any other parking arrangements made by
the Council to facilitate filming.
Please note the Council requires seven working days written
notice together with road names, precise locations and number and
type of bays required in order to arrange parking suspensions
(please see parking suspension form for more information.)
We will accommodate late applications where possible, but an
additional hourly - rate charge will be applied.
Notifying the police
Once your application has been processed you will be sent a
notification by email from the Filming and Events Office which will
also go to Kensington and Chelsea police operations department -
however you are still required to contact them to inform them of
your filming activity.
Please note:
The Council does require production companies filming on-street
to undertake a full site specific risk assessment in advance of all
shoots as any failure to do so may well invalidate insurance
cover.
If you have any questions, please contact the Filming and
Special Events Office on: Tel: 020 7341 5762 or 020 7341 5109
Email: Filmoffice@rbkc.gov