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Proposals to improve Sloane Square by replacing the 1930s roundabout with a crossroads were shelved by the Council following a consultation with local people and visitors.
The various forms of consultation showed that over 65 per cent of those that took part were opposed to a return to the square's pre-1930s layout.
The Council favoured the crossroads scheme following two earlier consultations which indicated a significant majority of residents in favour of the idea. However, when a local group dedicated to keeping the existing gyratory layout emerged, the Council funded its ideas, allowing them to be worked up into an alternative scheme. It then commissioned a third consultation so that the alternative scheme could be presented alongside the Council's preferred crossroads scheme.
The consultation was conducted by independent firm ICM and took place throughout March 2007. Over 6,800 people took part and a range of methodologies were used to deliver the clearest possible picture of current local attitudes to the future of the square.
"The third consultation was certainly not a referendum," said Leader of the Council, Cllr Merrick Cockell, "but at the same time the views of our residents and visitors matter to us. My own view is that the crossroads scheme is an exciting one that would have improved Sloane Square by greatly increasing both the amount and the accessibility of usable pedestrian space but it is clear that currently this does not carry widespread local support. The consultation has thrown up a mass of detailed concerns, many of them about traffic, and it would be irresponsible to proceed while people have these anxieties.
"I will be recommending to my colleagues that we do not proceed with our favoured scheme and instead reflect on the mass of information and views that arise from the consultation.
"The Council did exactly what I said we would do. We funded the design of a more detailed alternative scheme, we commissioned one of the most thorough consultations using a variety of techniques ever carried out by local government and we have now taken account of its findings.
"The Council remains committed to major public realm improvements throughout the Royal Borough. Much of this ambitious work has been led, at my request, by Councillor Daniel Moylan. His vision has led to Kensington and Chelsea being at the forefront of street and urban design and we will be continuing major improvements with schemes for Exhibition Road and elsewhere".
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