RBKC Direct: Parking reforms, Sloane Square update, Choosing Good Health Together and the Chelsea Academy.

While popular culture suggests parking controls are unfair, inflexible and simply there to raise money for local councils, the truth is that without them traffic would grind to a halt, residents would be unable to park anywhere near their homes and the situation would swiftly descend into anarchy. The Council has operated parking controls that have worked well for a number of years, however, in light of increased traffic and environment concerns a number of changes are proposed. Read this article for more details.

Proposals to improve Sloane Square by replacing the 1930s roundabout with a crossroads have been shelved by the Council following a consultation with local people and visitors. The Council hoped to reintroduce the historical crossroads so as to allow the creation of two spacious paved areas at the east and west sides of the square. Read this article for more details.

Shockwaves are still reverberating around the borough following the news that the Kensington and Chelsea Primary Care Trust (PCT) need to reduce spending by £9.1 million. Widespread cuts to health services were talked about as it embarked on a recovery plan. But why are the cutbacks needed, what services might we lose and how will the Council safeguard the needs of residents? Read this article for more details.

As written about previously in RBKC Direct the Council has had a long-held ambition to build a new secondary school in the south of the borough. This ambition took a giant step forward when the Council signed a funding agreement with the Government and its co-sponsor the Church of England.